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VC535 Frederick William Holmes
BORN 27 September 1889
DIED 22 October 1969 AGE 80
VC Won 26 August 1914 AGE 24
Place VC Won Le Cateau, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Frederick William Holmes No. 9376
VC Issue No. 535 Awards VC
Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion, A Company
Later Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Abbey Street, Bermondsey, London, England
Place Of Death Port Augusta, South Australia
Buried/Location Ashes Stirling North Garden Cemetery Crematorium, Australia
Cremated Stirling North Garden Cemetery Crematorium, Australia
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section 2, Row E, Grave 6
Gazetted 25 November 1914
VC Presented 13 January 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Stirling North Garden Cemetery Crematorium, Australia
Memorial plaque, Marryatt Street, Gladstone Square, Port Augusta, South Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Abbey Street, Bermondsey, S.E.London
Memorial Plaque, Marryatt Street, Gladstone Square, Port Augusta, SA, Australia
By The Way…
Saved his leg from amputation, when he refused permission to take it off, October 1914
VC Held By
Privately held
Thank you to Nick and Lorna Martin for the photos
