Memorial

Holmes Brothers

Source: Anne Parr

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, Village Lane, off Udimore Road (B2089), Udimore, Rother, East Sussex, TN31 6BB, England

TQ 86340 18960

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 17097
Description: Wall mounted, landscape oriented tablet with a decoratively moulded foliate border. Coloured badges of the Royal Navy and Dragoon Guards at top of tablet. First line of inscription in raised lettering with the remaining inscriptions incised and infilled with black paint.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / TWO BROTHERS / Left side: ALFRED BERNARD HOLMES / Paymaster Midshipman R.N. / born at the Parsonage, Udimore / December 5th 1921 / Killed in action / in the Mediterranean / H.M.S. Southampton / January 11th 1941 / Right side: OLIVER LOCKINGTON HOLMES / Lieut 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards / born at the Parsonage, Udimore / May 17th 1923 / Killed in action in France / August 28th 1944 / Base: QUIS SEPARABIT

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Relationships, forenames, surname, rank, service/regiment, place of birth, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Date of death

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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