Arthur Robert Holt

A Third Hand with the Sailing Trawler Wanderer (Lowestoft), Arthur died on 15th of May 1916 at the age of 26.

Arthur was born at Lowestoft on 27 August 1889, a son of William George and Eliza Holt. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, on 16 March 1890, and his family lived at 311 North Raglan Street, Lowestoft. Arthur attended Clapham Road School and, on 10 February 1896, became a pupil at Saint Margaret’s School. 

Neither Arthur, nor his parents, have been traced in the 1901 or 1911 Census records. 

In early 1915 Arthur married Ada James and they lived at 56 Saint George’s Road, Pakefield. 

Arthur was the Third Hand with the sailing trawler Wanderer, LT 611. The Wanderer sailed from Lowestoft on 11 May 1916, heading for fishing grounds near Haisborough Sands. The trawler was due back at Lowestoft on 21 May. 

On Monday 15 May the Wanderer was seen by the crew of the trawler Research about sixteen miles north-east by north from Smiths Knoll Gas Buoy. Nothing more was seen or heard of the trawler, or any of the crew. Later it was concluded that the Wanderer had been attacked by an enemy submarine.