Lumley Churchyard
Always remembered by his father J.W. Holmes of Fence Houses Co. Durham.
Son of John Wilie Holmes and of Elsie Mildred Holmes (nee Smith), of Fence Houses, Co. Durham.
In Christ Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:
In loving memory of my dear wife
Elsie Mildred Holmes
who died Feb. 16th 1942 aged 40 years
Also A/C2 Thomas Holmes R.A.F.
son of the above
killed in Egypt 14th Sept. 1942 aged 20 years
Also John W. Holmes
who died 5th April 1960 aged 61 years
Thomas Holmes is remembered at Lumley 6th Pit Woodstone Village on W134.02 and at Great Lumley on G50.01
