Basic Details
Surname
Holmes
Forenames
Samuel
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Samuel
Served or died
Died
Service number
5414
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 109 Palmerston Road. It misrecords his regimental number as 5414; it was actually G/5814.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Armentieres
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1915
Month of death
March
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 9th March 1915 at Armentiers [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action