Captain William Prescod Holmes

Title: Captain

Epithet: Douglas studio portrait (mid-late 19th-early 20th century) 1840-1939

Record type: Photographs

Biography: The grenade and number on the cap shows that Captain Holmes was an officer in the 101st Fusiliers (formerly the 101st European Fusiliers of the Honourable East India Company) which in 1881 became the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Captain Holmes reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1888. It is likely he was on the Isle of Man with his garrison.

Ensign : 1 March 1864; Lieutenant : 18 December 1867.

Home address: Ivy Lodge, Aylestone Hill, Hereford, England.

Gender: Male

Name Variant: Holmes

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