Name
John James Holzmeyer
18 Feb 1887
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/12/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
20155
Hampshire Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DOIRAN MEMORIAL
First Unit
Greece
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
London Colney Village Memorial, Shenley War Memorial
Pre War
Son of Charles William and Sarah Holzmeyer
Census: 1891 Census, living at 35 Prospect Road, Cheshunt with parents, 1901 Census, living 47 Grenada Street, Limehouse, London with parents.
Husband of Amy Elizabeth Holzmeyer, nee Oakley. Married St Albans in 1910, Father of Horace Holzmeyer, born 1910, Janet Holzmeyer, born 1913.
1915. Home address, Summer Cottages, Waterside, London Colney
Wartime Service
Enlisted St Albans as a volunteer in August 1914
Additional Information
Wife, later remarried and became Amy Elizabeth Preece. Brother of Carl William Holzmeyer who also served and fell in France
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams
Jonty Wild
