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Surname: HOLMES
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 3559
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Army Pay Corps
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: ---
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1919-06-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: B. 'C.' 1028.
CWGC Cemetery: SKIPTON (WALTONWRAYS) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Holmes was the son of John and Sarah Holmes, née Cunliffe. John, senior, was born at Skipton, Yorkshire and Sarah at Cornholme, Lancashire.
1891 Burnley, Lancashire Census: Railway Station - John Holmes, aged 2 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of John and Sarah Holmes.
1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 26, Cross Street - John Holmes, aged 12 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of John and Sarah Holmes.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 25, School Lane - John Holmes, aged 22 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of John and Sarah Holmes.
The British Army Pension Record for John exists but may be incomplete.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for John.
John's address given in the burial register: The Fold, Halton East.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HOLMES, John, 28th June, 1919. [Additional]
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Army Pay Corps
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04 July 1919
HOLMES – June 28th, at Halton East, John Holmes, aged 30 years, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, 47 Gargrave Road, Skipton. Interred at Waltonwrays, July 2nd.
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