Arthur HOLMES

Main CPGW Record

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. Lenore married Herbert Radcliffe Hall in 1923.

The British Army Service Record for Arthur exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arthur Holmes, 266954, R.W. Fus.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arthur Holmes, 266954, R. W. Fus., Infantry Base Depot; 13/R.W. Fus.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arthur Holmes, 266954, 13th R. W. Fus. Date and Place of Death: 27.8.18 in action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Lenore. £13 0s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Arthur. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Lenore Holmes, born 24.12.90. Address 1. 26, Dronfield Road, Pendleton, Manchester. Address 2. 85, Clarendon Road, Morcombe [sic].

The 1921 Census shows that Lenore (born Weaste, Salford, Lancashire) was living with her brother-in-law Walter Holmes, mother-in-law Emma Holmes and Walter's cousin, Thomas Henry Clarke at 26, Dronfield Road, Pendleton. Lenore died in 1955.

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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