Alfred Edward Holden
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No number given. Private. 5 Royal Fusiliers. Son in law of Mrs. Radcliffe. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Joined up November 1915. Went to France March 1916, got blood poisoning and rupture. Home December 1916. Returned to France February 1917. Killed May 3,1917. His parents live at 11 Sydney Street. Widow and one child.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/7)
External sources: 6 Rosemount