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Gnr. Alfred Harold Holman
British Army 182nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:Lambeth
(d.11th May 1916)
Alf went to war in February 1916, leaving his wife Emily pregnant with their second child. His son, Alfred John, was born on 3rd May. Eight days later Alf senior was killed in Loos.
The Holmans and McQuillins were clear close families, and after the Great War Emily married Stephen McQuillin, who was a regular soldier and had served throughout the Great War in France. Remaining in the Army, Stephen, Emily and the children, including a new baby daughter, went to India with the 2nd Scottish Rifles, where two more children were born. A sixth child was born after they returned to the UK.