Edward Holmes
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 28500. Private. 16 Kings liverpool Regiment; Manx Co. 3 Cheshire Regiment. Joined from Isle of Man Volunteers at New Bunnee, Hoylake. Reported May 24, June 7, August 23, December14 Bidston Camp, Birkenhead. November 1916, Manx Co. 2 Cheshire Regiment, Salonica Forces. April1917 as before. October 1917 Corporal as before. October 1918 as before. Sergeant.' Note: previous number given as 26891 (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: 34 Hope Street