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EDWARD HOLMES

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Rank
Private
Regiment
ROYAL SCOT FUSILIERS 5TH BATTALION
Military Number
17111
Address
Sculcoates Lane
Kingston upon Hull HU5
England
Background

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  STREET MEMORIAL. HULL ADDRESS UNCONFIRMED.

Date Died
09/04/1918
Died
Steenwerck Cemetery, Nord, France
Age
37
Memorial
22 Rue du Pont d'Achelles
Steenwerck 59181
Hauts-de-France

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