Name
Carl William Holzmeyer
15 April 1882
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/01/1916
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
14407
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
V. B. 13.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
London Colney Village Memorial,
Shenley War Memorial
Pre War
Carl William Holzmeyer was born on 15 April 1882 in Kentish Town, London, the son of Charles William and Sarah Holzmeyer, and was baptised on 14 May 1882 at St Peter's Church, London Colney, Hertfordshire.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at 35 Prospect Road, Cheshunt, where his father was working as a grocer's assistant. They had moved to Limehouse, London in 1901 and were living at 47 Grenade Street, at which time Carl was working as a ropemaker in a factory.
Although unable to verify the information, one source suggests that Carl married Kate Lennon at St John's Church, Stratford in 1907 and they were living at Sydney Buildings in Poplar, London on the 1911 Census and Carl was working as a labourer in a leadworks. His wife died in early 1916.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London Colney and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 1st Battalion in France from 27 April 1915, probably being one of a group of 3 officers and 300 other ranks which arrived at Ouderdom, Belgium to join the Battalion.
He was killed in action on 2 January 1916. An entry in the war diary for that day states that 2 men were killed on mining fatigue in C.2 subsector. He is buried in the Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme, France alongside William George Wood, also from 1st Btn, Beds Regiment who died on the same day.
Additional Information
A war gratuity of £5 10s. was divided between Mercy Kiff (sister) and George Staff. There was no pay owing as he owed £1 12s 10d.
Brother of John James Holzmeyer who served with the Hampshire Regiment and died in the Balkan Campaign on 7 December 1915. His youngest brother Douglas Ross enlisted with the Royal West Kent Regiment prior to the war and was listed as a Private on the 1911 Census. He served with the regiment throughout the war and survived, dying in 1971 in St Albans.
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams, Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, shenleyww1.wordpress.com
