IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

Edmond Concannon Holmes 11-Oct-18


First Name: Edmond Concannon
Last Name:Holmes
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Navy
Military Number:
Place of Birth:Rockwood Galway
Place of Death:HMS Astraea Cape of Good Hope
Date of Death:11-Oct-18
Age:32
Additional Information:

Killed in Action: (Cape of Good Hope) 11 October 1918. Age 32.

Supplementary Notes: Brother of Captain Cecil Holmes (Killed in Action: Mons, Belgium-26 August 1914).

Buried: Simon’s Town (Dido Valley) Cemetery-Cape Town-South Africa.

Remembered: Great War Monument-St Nicholas Collegiate Church-Galway.


Royal Navy

royal navy

HMS Astraea

HMS Astraea

HMS Astraea in colour

HMS Astraea in colour

St-Nicholas Collegiate church- Galway-Ireland.

St-Nicholas Collegiate church- Galway-Ireland.

Simon's Town ( Dido Valley) Cemetery - Cape Town - South Africa.

Simon's Town ( Dido Valley) Cemetery - Cape Town - South Africa.