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Surname: HOLMES
Forename(s): Arthur
Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 266954
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 13th (Service) Battalion. (1st North Wales)
Division: 38th (Welsh) Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-08-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXII. M. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Arthur Holmes was the son of Christopher and Emma Holmes, née Bull. Christopher was born at Bentham, Yorkshire and Emma at Higham, Suffolk.
1891 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - Arthur Holmes, aged 2 months, born Bentham, son of Christopher and Emma Holmes.
1901 Pendleton, Lancashire Census: 67, Laburnum Street - Arthur Holmes, aged 10 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Emma Holmes, widow.
1911 Pendleton, Lancashire Census: 17, Peacock Avenue, Barr Hill - Arthur Holmes, aged 20 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Emma Holmes, widow.
Arthur was married to Lenore Law in 1916.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Holmes, 266954, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 38th (Welsh) Division
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Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
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