John Scott Burnett Holt

Born in Washington, County Durham, in 1916, he enlisted as a regular soldier in the 1st Battalion DLI in 1933 and served in Shanghai, Tientsin, Hong Kong, Syria and Malta rising to the rank of Colour Sergeant. In May 1943, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant with the 6th Battalion DLI.

On 6 August 1943, near Catania in Sicily, he was leading a patrol from "B" Company when it came under heavy fire. He was killed and the rest of the patrol were killed or taken prisoner. He was 27 years old.

John Holt is buried in Catania War Cemetery.