Able Seaman HERBERT BALMFORTH HOLMES
Service Number: P/JX 261483
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Rosemary
Date of Death
Died 25 April 1943
Age 27 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Charles Western Holmes and Mary Holmes, of Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury; husband of Ivy Holmes, of Savile Town, Dewsbury.
- Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF HERBERT DROWNED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
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