Holmes George Henry Pte 4457128
Personnel Entry
Name Holmes George Henry
Army number 4457128
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Sunderland 1918/19.
Age 21
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF. Listed MISSING 12/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40, now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40.
Home address Resident of Sunderland. Son of Fred and Jane Holmes, husband of Elsie Campbell Holmes, South Hylton, Sunderland. Commemorated Column 122, Dunkirk Memorial.
Source table 11DLI
