BORN KEYINGHAM 1894. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & SARAH L EDLINGTON, AT 7, PARK TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). A WAGGONER & HULL POLICEMAN.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS LANCE SERGEANT, IN THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM) FOR BRAVERY. KILLED ON 27/08/1918, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE EDLINGTON, 11351, 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916.
First name:
JOHN HOLMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
12818
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
27/08/1918
Place died:
Croisilles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
7, PARK TERRACE, SEATON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
