LIEUT F.L.HOLMES
Francis Lennox Holmes
Born Stoke, Devonport 11/10/1887
Son of Major General Ponsonby Ross Holmes R.M.L.I. & Mrs Clara Holmes (nee Bernell) of Evesham House, Evesham Road, Cheltenham
Educated at Cheltenham College 1901-5 & at R.M.C.Sandhurst
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 19/9/09
To France 7/10/14 as Signalling Officer, 1st South Staffordshire Regiment
KIA F&F 23/10/14 in a trench near Zonnebeke during the First Battle of Ypres..."If ever a man deserved the VC, he did"
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium
His Officers Papers exist at TNA but we have not checked them; Ref: WO 339/7150
With copy of his MIC, ODGW & CWGC details plus supporting research documentation
Condition: Toned NEF