Born at Brighton, Sussex.
1841 Census
Brighthelmstone, Brighton.
William Holmes 48.
Philadelphia, 48.
Two children shown: James 10, John 5, born Brighton.
His date of enlistment is not known, but it would have been April-June 1854.
No other enlistment details apart from his trade as a tailor are shown.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1854.
Transferred to the 3rd Dragoon Guards on the 31st of January 1857. Regimental No. 121.
Embarked for India aboard the "Khan".
Died at Collapse, India, on the 2nd of April 1858.
He left no will. His "credits" were £1/19/7d. No next-of-kin is shown.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol and the Turkish medal.
The India Office records show him as dying "at the age of 23 years at Begium, India, on the 2nd of April 1858, from Apoplexy". He was buried on the 3rd of April by the Revd S. Churchill, Chaplain.