The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private B Holmes

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Private Benjamin HOLMES, G/31522, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 60992, Middlesex Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 27th August 1918.

Born Newington, London, SE, son of James John & Annie Holmes.

1911 Census - 18 Draper Street, Newington, London, SE - James John Holmes, head, age 40, married, fishmonger, employer, at home, born Walworth, London; Annie Holmes, wife, age 39, married 21 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, assisting in business, at home, born Lambeth, London; Maud Annie Holmes, daughter, age 20, single, assisting house duty, at home, born Newington, London; James Harris Holmes, son, age 17, single, errand boy, South London Music Hall, worker, born Newington, London; William Holmes, son, age 15, single, out of work, errand boy general shop, born Newington, London; Benjamin Holmes, son, age 11, scholar, born Newington, London; Stanley Holmes, son, age 4, born Newington, London; Sidney Holmes, son, age 2 born Newington, London.

Enlisted Whitehall, SW. Resided Walworth, SE.

Buried at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, VIII. A. 23., France.

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