BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN & ANNE HOLMES OF 10 VICTORIA STREET, DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR FIVE YEARS WITH MESSRS, DEWHIRST, OF LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL AND MR LEWIS, OF HESSLE. HE WAS POPULAR IN LOCAL FOOTBALL CIRCLES, AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOURNE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVING WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/06/1916, AGED 21.
HIS BROTHER, CYRIL HOLMES, SERVED WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AND ALSO LIVED AT 10 VICTORIA STREET, DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL
First name:
MARK HORACE
Regiment:
Military Number:
1403
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/06/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
BROTHER CYRIL, RFA ALSO AT 10 VICTORIA STREET, DERRINGHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
