BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JOHN W. AND CLARA J HOLMES, FROM SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
HE WAS MARRIED TO HARRIET HOLMES AND HAD A DAUGHTER GRACE. WORKED AS A JOINER AND LIVED IN DONCASTER. ENLISTED EDINBURGH. JOINED THE ROYAL SCOTS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1918, AGED 37.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOHN.
NB: PTE. C. HOLMES, EYR, IS ALSO LISTED ON THE SCULCOATES LANE MEMORIAL. HULL ADDRESS UNCONFIRMED.
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
17111
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/04/1918
Place died:
Steenwerck Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
37
SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
