BORN EASTRINGTON, HULL, 1ST APRIL, 1890. SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOLMES (1853-1928) & MARY HOLMES (1854-1921), OF MANOR HOUSE, EASTRINGTON, HULL, – CWGC ADDRESS. A FARMER’S SON. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA. SERVED WITH THE 7TH CANADIA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/06/1916, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS BROTHER HERBERT., ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
23397
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/06/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
