106th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.

Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in the London Gazette of 17 December 1914.

Awarded the Russian Medal of St. George 3rd Class in the London Gazette of 25 August 1915.

Holmes was a native of Burnley, Lancashire.

The citation for the Distinguished Conduct Medal published in the London Gazette reads: - "For conspicuous gallantry in assisting to serve a single gun, until all but one of the sub-section had been killed or wounded". Promoted 2/Lieutenant on the 8 January 1918 and Lieutenant on the 4 February 1918.