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Holmes, Joel
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
Holmes, Joel
Date Of Birth
1821
Age
36
Birth Place
Great Comershall, Halifax, Yorkshire
Nationality
British
Resided Place
England
Date
25 Sep 1857
Date Of Death
27 Jul 1872
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84th Regiment, later The York and Lancaster Regiment.
Rank Name
Private
Gazette Info
VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22154/pages/2958. Private Joel Holmes, 84th Regiment, later The York and Lancaster Regiment. On 25th September 1857 at Lucknow, India, Private Holmes was the first man to respond to a call for volunteers to assist in working, under very heavy enemy fire, one of the guns from which all the artillerymen had become casualties.
Gazette Date
1858
Gazette Page
2958 (V.C.); Issue 22154 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Lucknow, India
Service
British Army
Regiment
York and Lancaster Regiment
Commemorated
All Souls' Cemetery, Halifax
Place of Death
Halifax, Yorkshire
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Indian Mutiny Medal
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
regiment
York and Lancaster Regiment
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
29 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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