Holmes,+John+Henry

John Henry Holmes

Died 9th. August 1916 aged 27 years. Served in West Riding Regiment( Prince of Wales Own ) in 1st/ 5th Battalion as a Private. Service number 3871. Buried at AUTHUILE Military Cemetery. Grave Ref. J. 7 Authiule is on the Somme ( about 5 km north of Albert the scene of heavy fighting) and the village was held by the British from mid 1915 to spring 1918. This cemetery was used by field ambulance from Aug 1915 until Dec 1916. Over 400 are buried here.

John is recorded on three memorials- the Oxenhope war memorial, on the stone memorial originally on Wadsworth Mill , Oxenhope ( John Emmott - Pawsons . Spring manufacturers.) and as a former scholar at Oxenhope Weslyan Church memorial plaque.

In the 1911 census John H is aged 22 ( born in 1889 ) living in Oxenhope with Susannah aged 56 (born !845 ) and 5 siblings all born in Oxenhope.The brothers were Herbert R, Charles W. and James Edward. Two of these - James and Charles also served in the war.