Unknown Signal Corps Soldier

[Temujin]

OK, worn out on this one.

The Ralph Holmes I found above, his father Alfred B Holmes WAS born in England. But haven’t been able to pin down if ADA was a relative.

Need a break on this, will try again tomorrow with fresh eyes and thoughts.

Cheers

[Phil]

Great work, hopefully they can connect one of these. I'd hold off on more until Dave can check his records against these two.

[Temujin]

Thought I’d post up info that I had found Phil, this is info on Ada Holmes and David Hatchard. I copied this in order to see if I could find a connection to Ralph Holmes (or Ralph P Holmes) but I haven’t found anything yet. The family probably has all this, but just posting it to ensure the possible connections (or not) are all accounted for

09C771C3-268A-4035-95B3-889AA4BD7E02.jpeg (708.86 KiB) Viewed 25596 times

DEE9EBCB-9CE3-4402-9BB6-5B54CF89E4D3.jpeg (98.4 KiB) Viewed 25596 times

And the info below is Alfred B Holmes, father of Ralph Holmes, and the last two files show Ralph’s connection to Alfred B Holmes. Ralphs full name was Ralph Parnell Holmes

A4376BEA-A09F-4AA4-9CD9-7E00F7065863.jpeg (148.21 KiB) Viewed 25596 times

811B6F15-9428-4BAF-9576-E81FD725E32C.jpeg (152.25 KiB) Viewed 25596 times

09403857-2663-478D-9BFC-A5638DC93EC1.jpeg (176.48 KiB) Viewed 25596 times

9E965D82-D39B-4A98-A5C0-DBBEAD649051.jpeg (168.26 KiB) Viewed 25596 times

26886C70-D3D1-41F1-AFF0-6FD8CD533204.jpeg (1.09 MiB) Viewed 25588 times

BC5404A5-4D09-4334-A4B9-A29D4DEAB76A.jpeg (1.4 MiB) Viewed 25581 times

10715C44-510C-43BF-B5CC-BA1C9BD3726A.jpeg (520.56 KiB) Viewed 25588 times

6AEE4904-E876-42FF-86DC-C2CA60118FE1.jpeg (2.53 MiB) Viewed 25580 times

897CA6A5-E1A2-49CB-A1DA-1F36BDEB9608.jpeg (1.95 MiB) Viewed 25580 times

And in this record, you can see that Alfred B Holmes was born in England

1B02653E-3E46-4F1F-8F99-C9604467A895.jpeg (1.44 MiB) Viewed 25596 times

1CBD4919-DFE7-42EA-A90E-DEF88085FDFF.jpeg (587.93 KiB) Viewed 25581 times

I’ll hold off on any further research until you hear back from the family if were on the right track.....or nothing I’ve found to date matches


The “problem” is that the photo may NOT be a relative at all.......then were back to trying to put the round peg into a square hole

[Phil]

The “problem” is that the photo may NOT be a relative at all.......then were back to trying to put the round peg into a square hole[/size]

Yeah, for sure, we may get lucky, but there's a fair chance we may never know. Worth a cursory check I thought, and you've done more than that!

[Temujin]

The “problem” is that the photo may NOT be a relative at all.......then were back to trying to put the round peg into a square hole[/size]

Yeah, for sure, we may get lucky, but there's a fair chance we may never know. Worth a cursory check I thought, and you've done more than that!

As you said, we tried. Added a few more documents to my post above. They show that Ralph Parnell Holmes worked for Train company, as a telegraphic’s position........which makes sense that he would join the Army and be in a “Signal’s Unit”

Cheers

[Phil]

I have a few names of my grandads brothers who may be possible candidates, John Hatchard was my great grandad and married Mary Ann Nineham in 1868 in Church Knowle Dorset. they had 1869 George,1870 James, 1872 Sarah Ann,1874 Elizabeth, 1876 Mary Ann(died aged 9 months), 1878 Ada, 1880 John, 1881 William, 1884 Harry(died 1 month old), 1885 Charles Nineham or Hatchard, By shortly after Johns wife dies aged 38 or so and he later marries Anne Diffey Guy in 1897, they had 1898 Stanford Cecil, 1900 David (my grandad), lastly 1905 Harold Arthur(one of the Purbeck secret seven ww2), I hope this helps, but the chap in the photo may still be a Holmes on my grans side originaly from Walthamstow moved to Canada.

Another surname for his wife is listed here.

[Temujin]

What about all the other info we have shared with him.......is ANY a match, or could be?? I’d rather discount the info, before I move on with other search’s or if “some” of it may be valid.....what is valid so we can look further into the name.

I’ve given you info on a “Hatchard” and a “Holmes”? Anything?

Cheers

[Phil]

What about all the other info we have shared with him.......is ANY a match, or could be?? I’d rather discount the info, before I move on with other search’s or if “some” of it may be valid.....what is valid so we can look further into the name.

I’ve given you info on a “Hatchard” and a “Holmes”? Anything?

Indeed, I'll follow up tomorrow, just posting this as it came in from him.

[Temujin]

I have a few names of my grandads brothers who may be possible candidates, John Hatchard was my great grandad and married Mary Ann Nineham in 1868 in Church Knowle Dorset. they had 1869 George,1870 James, 1872 Sarah Ann,1874 Elizabeth, 1876 Mary Ann(died aged 9 months), 1878 Ada, 1880 John, 1881 William, 1884 Harry(died 1 month old), 1885 Charles Nineham or Hatchard, By shortly after Johns wife dies aged 38 or so and he later marries Anne Diffey Guy in 1897, they had 1898 Stanford Cecil, 1900 David (my grandad), lastly 1905 Harold Arthur(one of the Purbeck secret seven ww2), I hope this helps, but the chap in the photo may still be a Holmes on my grans side originaly from Walthamstow moved to Canada.

Another surname for his wife is listed here.

Phil, I’ve built a family tree (in order to figure out “who’s who” in this family)......what I need is more info on the Holmes side of his family, especially names and info on people on the Holmes side who moved to Canada......

Trying to find the links to the North American Holmes and Hatchard

Cheers

[Phil]

Phil, I’ve built a family tree (in order to figure out “who’s who” in this family)......what I need is more info on the Holmes side of his family, especially names and info on people on the Holmes side who moved to Canada......

Trying to find the links to the North American Holmes and Hatchard

Cheers

They say that they have not found a link to the Holmes or Hatchard that you've found, yet, they're still looking.