John Eden Kimberley Holroyd
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: William and Sarah Jane Holroyd
Marital status: Married
Home address: 1 Park View, Leeds
Pre-war occupation: Tailor's Cutter
Date of birth: 04/06/1915
Date of death: 2000
Buried/Commemorated at: North Yorkshire and commemorated on Maritime Regiment Memorial Thornbury
Age: 85
Further information:
John saw service in the 6th Maritime Regiment during the war. He was taken prisoner of war and reported missing on 30th May 1942. At one stage his army records show him erroneously as killed in action on 11th April 1942, but on 1st November 1945 he was reported as no longer a POW. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission understandably have no record of him as he died naturally in North Yorkshire at the age of 85.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/