William George Holt

A Second Hand with H.M. Trawler Almond. William died on 2nd of February 1941 at the age of 29.

William was born at Carlton Colville on 15 February 1911, a son of George William and Jane Holt. He was baptised at Saint Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, on 12 March 1911, and his family lived at 7 Dell Road. 

On 21 May 1932 William married Ivy Elsie Barnard at Saint Margaret's Church. William and Ivy were both living at 28 Essex Road. William worked as a fisherman and Ivy as a domestic. 

William was awarded his certificate of competency in 1935.

William enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on 26 May 1938. At that time he was living at 94 Stanford Street. In 1939 he worked on the trawler Ipswich and then the trawler Sir E. P. Wills. 

He was mobilized on 28 September 1939 and joined the Royal Naval Patrol Service. He served on the requisitioned trawler Northern Gem from 21 September 1939 to 15 July 1940. On 23 July 1940 he joined the Almond. 

William was killed when the minesweeping trawler Almond was sunk by a mine off Falmouth.