2. In 1911 Tom’s occupation was a miner at Cortonwood Colliery aged 20. He lived with his family at 9 Sandy Mount Road, Wath-on-Dearne. In 1914 he married Bertha Marion Coughlan, Rotherham, Yorkshire. #WW1 #cortonwoodcolliery

1. Men who were miners and sent to the battlefield WW1:
Tom Holmes was born in 1895, Gawber, Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire. He was the son of Hattil Holmes and Katie Howson.#WW1 #yorkshireminers #cortonwoodcolliery