Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 1945639

Reference: WO372/10

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/1947883

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6182474

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7408769/35/956

Additional: Gives Tom's place of birth and residence.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6182479

Reference: gbm_wo363-4

Title: British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: GBM/WO363-4/7408769/35/953

Additional: This gives Tom's place of birth. It also gives the year of birth that was quoted on Tom's enlistment, but it is wrong. Tom was born on 03 October 1875 in Featherstone, Yorkshire.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 6182482

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: GBM/WWISD/0557068

Additional: This gives Tom's date and place of death

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

Source information

ID: 6182484

Title: Tom Holmes in his army uniform

Description: Photograph of Tom Holmes in his World War 1 army uniform

Connected by: Liz32864

Source information

ID: 6182485

Title: Personal Knowledge of Liz Lock

Description: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Connected by: Liz32864

Additional: This source of evidence is based on a Member's Personal Knowledge.

Source information

ID: 6182541

Title: Tom Holmes in his army uniform with his family

Description: Son David and daughter May standing at the back. Wife Ellen seated to the left with son Frank to her right and son Tom to his right. Tom Holmes in his uniform. Daughter Ivy standing between her parents.

Connected by: Liz32864

Additional: Photograph of my paternal great grandparents, including my paternal grandmother. Photograph from grandson of Tom Holmes junior.

Source information

ID: 6182547

Title: Extract from 10th Battalion History

Description: Image provided by Rotherham Department of Libraries, Museum and Arts in 1993. Identifies 6 soldiers who had Green Cards presented to them by the Divisional Commander on account of good work and gallantry in action.

Connected by: Liz32864

Additional: Image provided by Rotherham Department of Libraries, Museum and Arts in 1993 from their York and Lancaster Regiment war diaries.

Source information

ID: 6182551

Title: Front of Tom Holmes' war bible

Description: These are some of the front pages of Tom' war bible with a photograph added by his daughter Ivy following the return of Tom's personal items after his death. A number of the items listed in his service records are still held by the family.

Connected by: Liz32864

Additional: This belonged to Tom's daughter Ivy following his death. See other image with his name.

Source information

ID: 6182553

Title: Tom's war bible

Description: Believed to be in Tom's own handwriting, details of his regiment, Battalion and Company.

Connected by: Liz32864

Additional: This belonged to Tom's daughter Ivy following his death. See other image of his war bible.

Source information

ID: 6182564

Reference: 1881gbc

Title: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: GBC/1881/0021385558

Additional: 1881 census with Tom Holmes with his parents and siblings

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6182568

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: GBC/1901/0026642117

Additional: 1901 census with Tom Holmes with his wife and 2 eldest children

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6182572

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: GBC/1891/0025974222

Additional: 1891 census showing Tom with his parents and siblings

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6182573

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: BMD/B/1875/4/AZ/000261/372

Additional: Birth registration for Tom Holmes

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6182579

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Liz32864

UPP: BMD/M/1897/4/AZ/000181/285

Additional: Marriage registration for Tom Holmes

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 6182619

Title: Tom Holmes' grave

Description: Tom Holmes war grave in Duisans British Cemtery near Etrun in France. Plot 1, Row Q, Grave no. 2

Connected by: Liz32864

Additional: My photograph of Tom's war grave in Duisans British Cemetery

Source information

ID: 7041567

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/77172

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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