We remember Horace Holmes Watkins

We remember Horace Holmes Watkins

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Timeline

Timeline

1891
birth Usk, Monmouthshire United Kingdom Source:8762422 31st January 1891
1914
service British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion Source:4643595 9th October 1914 - 21st October 1914
1914
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:4643595 9th October 1914 - 21st October 1914
1914
dates Age 23 Source:7479754 21st October 1914
1914
death Killed in Action Belgium Source:7479754 Source:4643595 21st October 1914
burial Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:7479754
sibling Vivian Holmes Watkins Source:8762422
sibling H. Holmes Watkins Source:8762422
sibling Mervyn Holmes Watkins Source:8923606
sibling Colin Holmes Watkins Source:8923595

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Horace Holmes
Initials HH
Last Name Watkins
Source 4643595
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion Second Lieutenant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914 Star with Clasp First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Fanny Maria mother
Thomas Watkins father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Vivian Holmes Watkins brother
H. Holmes Watkins brother
Mervyn Holmes Watkins brother
Colin Holmes Watkins brother

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Keith1947
British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription Keith1947
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Hannah21187
Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription Hannah21187
Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription Hannah21187
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Selena49658

External Evidence

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The Bond of Sacrifice: Horace Holmes Watkins Hannah21187
Link to brother's record: Vivian Holmes Watkins Hannah21187
Link to brother's record: Colin Holmes Watkins Hannah21187
Link to brother's record: Mervyn Holmes Watkins Hannah21187

Multimedia

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1914 Star clasp, Victory Medal, British War Medal Keith1947
The Bond of Sacrifice: Horace Holmes Watkins Hannah21187
Second Lieutenant Horace Holmes Watkins James201

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