Private Herbert Holmes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1882-10-27
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Christina Holmes, Wife, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Date of death:
1916-04-09
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, XIII. L. 19.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 166794
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 456660
LAC ID:
465290
Service file: B4459-S015
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mathew and Hannah Mary Holmes; husband of Christina Holmes, of 17246, Hawthorne Avenue, Detroit, Mitchigan, U.S.A.
An article and photograph of Pte. Herbert Holmes appeared in the Toronto Star on 05 February 1917. See his Canadian Virtual War Memorial entry (link on this page) to view this image. According to this source, Holmes had been in Canada around 13 years.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Railway Troops 2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-11-09