Mel and I have a few old Burnley express articles so I copy them when I have time. I hope they will be of interest to someone
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| Author: | Leaver [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ernest Airlie Holden, Second Lieut. Loyal North Lancs Regt. |
HOLDEN, ERNEST AIRLIE - Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Holden, of Barrowford, Lancs. Express and Advertiser, October 21, 1916 BARROWFORD OFFICER Dies From Terrible Wounds. Official news was received on Thursday of the death, from wounds, of Second-Lieut. E. A. Holden – only son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Holden, of Mount Pleasant House, Blacko. Information had been received on Wednesday evening from the matron of a clearing hospital that he had received terrible wounds in action, both legs having been amputated below the knee. Mr. and Mrs. Holden departed immediately for London, intending to make the journey to France to see their son. Second-Lieut. Holden was formerly in the Public Schools Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, but received a commission a little time ago, and was attached to the Loyal North Lancashire Regt. He was a young man of much promise, and very popular in Barrowford. He was 23 years of age, and a salesman for the firm of Messrs. Holden Bros. manufacturers, Barrowford. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_det ... alty=81449 |
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| Author: | Gloria [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ernest Airlie Holden, Second Lieut. Loyal North Lancs Regt. |
Kris, where do you find all this info ?-----you are a mine of it. |
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| Author: | Leaver [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ernest Airlie Holden, Second Lieut. Loyal North Lancs Regt. |
Mel and I have a few old Burnley express articles so I copy them when I have time. I hope they will be of interest to someone
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| Author: | Mel [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ernest Airlie Holden, Second Lieut. Loyal North Lancs Regt. |
I think this one is on the site somwhere, not that it matters - I seem to remember asking if this is the son of the Samuel Holden who had the mill in Barrowford. |
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| Author: | Gloria [ Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ernest Airlie Holden, Second Lieut. Loyal North Lancs Regt. |
Bound to be of interest to someone. |
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