HOLMES, WILLIAM HARVEY
Photograph with thanks to Garren Ewing
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CWGC |
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Uttoxeter Advertiser |
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Parents |
Arthur and Fanny Holmes |
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9g |
7b, 7c |
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Mr. & Mrs. A. Holmes |
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8 |
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Where born |
Uttoxeter |
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7c |
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When born |
1889 |
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7b |
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Address |
24 Shaw’s Yard, Uttoxeter (living with parents) |
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7b |
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9, Park Street (parents) |
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Parents: Formerly Spiceal Street |
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8 |
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Parents: 15, Market Street |
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9d, 9f, 9g |
8 |
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Spouse |
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Children |
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Employment Before Joining up |
Messrs. Bamford and Sons & Leighton Ironworks, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire |
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9a, 9d |
8 |
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Where enlisted |
Uttoxeter |
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Yes |
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8 |
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Regiment |
North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) |
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9g |
6, 8 |
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Unit |
1st/6th Bn. |
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1/6th (T.F.) Bn |
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8 |
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“G” Company |
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8 |
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“B” Company, 6th Bn. |
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6 |
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Rank |
Private |
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9c, 9d, 9e, 9g |
6, 8 |
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Service Number |
2673 |
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9c |
6, 8 |
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Date of Death |
13 October 1915 |
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9f, 9g |
6, 8 |
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Age at time of death |
27 |
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9d, 9e |
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Where Killed or died |
Loos - Hohenzollern Redoubt |
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8 |
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France/Flanders |
Yes |
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How he died |
Killed in Action |
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9e, 9f, 9g |
6, 8 |
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Location of Grave or Memorial |
No known grave – he is commemorated on the Loos Memorial for the Missing; Panel 104 |
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Uttoxeter Town War Memorial |
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He was the second son9d of Fanny Holmes, of 9, Park St., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, and the late Arthur Holmes.
Thomas Henry Holmes, who also fell, was his brother9g.
Before the war he was employed at Messrs. Bamfords' works8, 9a and he was in the old Volunteers8, having been associated with the Territorials since 19068, 9d. Thus, he was one of the ‘Old Contemptibles’.
| Some of the original factory buildings from the Leighton Ironworks in Uttoxeter, where William worked before the war |
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William played for the local Territorials Football Club9b.
He left the town with the local Company in the autumn of 19148, 9a and left Luton with other recruits for “G Company, 1st/6th North Staffordshire Regiment on the 29th of August 19148
He .was killed in the charge on the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos.
At the end of October 1915 the Uttoxeter Advertiser published a letter9b sent to them by Private Yates of the 5th North Staffordshire Regiment. In this letter he said that he had seen William amongst the wounded after the charge. However, in the same issue, the Advertiser also printed a list9c of local men killed in the charge, and William’s name appeared in the list.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial for the Missing.
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William’s family mourned him greatly and placed Memorial Notices in the Uttoxeter Advertiser for some time after his death:
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This notice was posted in the Uttoxeter Advertiser in October 19169e to mark the first anniversary of his death. The date given is wrong. He actually died on the 13th October. |
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This followed a year later9f on the second anniversary |
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