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Surname: HOLMES
Forename(s): Walter
Place of Birth: Kelbrook, Yorkshire
Service No: 23628
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
Battalion / Unit: 16th Field Ambulance
Division: 6th Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1918-09-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: B. 20.
CWGC Cemetery: TREFCON BRITISH CEMETERY, CAULAINCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Walter Holmes was the son of Matthew Hirst and Rebecca Alice Holmes, née Canham. Matthew was born at Gargrave, Yorkshire and Rebecca at Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
1901 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Colne Road - Walter Holmes, aged 5 years, born Kelbrook, son of Matthew H. and Rebecca A. Holmes.
1911 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: Colne Road - Walter Holmes, aged 15 years, born Kelbrook, son of Matthew Hirst and Rebecca Alice Holmes.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Holmes, 23628, Royal Army Medical Corps.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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, Walter, aged 23, R.A.M.C., 10, Colne Road, killed Sept. 18, 1918.
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Private Walter HOLMES
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Army Medical Corps
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th Division
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