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Surname: HOLMES
Forename(s): Philip Gordon
Place of Birth: Grassington, Yorkshire
Service No: 524
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Imperial Camel Corps
Battalion / Unit: No.1 Coy 1st (Anzac) Battalion Imperial Camel Corps Brigade
Division: ---
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1917-01-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: F. 298.
CWGC Cemetery: KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GRASSINGTON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: LINTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Philip Gordon Holmes (born 1 May 1887) was the son of Fieldhouse and Sarah Holmes, née Bell. Fieldhouse was born at Addingham and Sarah at New House, Deepdale, Langstrothdale, Yorkshire.
1891 Grassington, Yorkshire Census: Market Place - Phillip G. Holmes, aged 3 years, born Grassington, son of Fieldhouse and Sarah Holmes.
1901 Grassington, Yorkshire Census: Market Place - Phillip G. Holmes, aged 13 years, born Grassington, son of Fieldhouse and Sarah Holmes.
Whilst in Egypt, Philip transferred from the 32nd Bn Australian Infantry, to the 1st (Anzac) Bn Imperial Camel Corps.
A short biography of Philip is included in: ‘Swaledale & Wharfedale Remembered – Aspects of Dales’ life through peace and war’ by Keith Taylor (2006).
See also: ‘Silva Gars’ by John Crowther (1930).
Australian service records: www.naa.gov.au › The collection › Popular research topics › Defence › Service records
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HOLMES, Philip Gordon, Australian Camel Corps, formerly of Grassington, killed in action, Egypt, Jan. 9, 1917.
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Private Philip Gordon HOLMES

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Imperial Camel Corps
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