Herbert George Holmes

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772839

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Essex

Birth city:

Rainham

Address at enlistment:

105 Lyons Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

105 Lyons Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Checker

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX December 5, 1969

In the Brantford General Hospital, on Thursday, December 4, 1969, Herbert Holmes (retired Canadian National Railways employee in his 84th year; beloved husband of Emily Crosby, 98 North Park Street; dear father of Miss Ethel Holmes at home, Mrs. Billie Margaret Elizabeth (Betty) Street of Brantford; grandfather of Barry Street of Toronto; cousin of Edith Holmes of Haileybury. Resting at Hill and Robinson Limited, Funeral Home, Nelson and Queen Streets, from Saturday evening until Monday. Service in St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Queensway Drive and Franklin Street, at 2 p.m. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. R. Crocker will officiate.