BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JOHN SHUTWELL HOLMES (1855-1941) & EMILY FORD (1859-1941), OF 23, ARTHUR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS &WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 11 , QUEENSGATE STREET, BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. WORKED AS A COAL MERCHANT. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCH CHEST, 122 LBS WEIGHT
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 2ND MARCH 1916. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 1ST MARCH 1917. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/03/1917. SERVED WITH THE 4TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/09/1918, AGED 33.
BURIED AT ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “SAVED BY GRACE ABSENT FROM THE BODY PRESENT WITH THE LORD”.
COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL
