Sapper Thomas Henry Holmes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Holmes,
Thomas Henry
Date of birth: 1882-12-09
Place of birth: Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire England
Next of kin: Ethel Maud Holmes, wife. 164 49th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Stone Cutter
Occupation (normalized): Stone Cutter and Finisher
Address:
164 49th Avenue West, Vancouver, British Columbia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-09-16
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, IV. B. 36.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 463630
Highest Rank:
Sapper
(9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers)
Rank detail
- Sapper, 9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Engineers (Army). 1918-05-29 to 1918-09-16
- Private, 123rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-05-09 to 1918-05-29
- Private (Army). 1915-11-03 to 1917-05-08
- Private (Army). 1915-07-31 to 1915-11-03
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Gassed September 12, 1918
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 52322
LAC ID:
457684
Service file: B4464-S008
Uploader's Notes: Son of Thomas Holmes and Annie Holmes (nee Ashley); husband of Ethel Maud Holmes (nee Redfern) married in 1905; father of Ethel Maud Holmes. After the war, Thomas's wife returned to Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and in 1921, she married Thomas's brother George Holmes
Uploader's Research notes:
Circumstances of Death
62nd Battalion 1st Reinforcement Draft Nominal Roll
[Private Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Pioneer Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 123rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 62nd Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 9th CE Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2016-06-04