Thomas HOLMES, 18951978 (aged 82 years)

Name
Thomas /HOLMES/
Given names
Thomas
Nickname
Tom
Surname
Holmes
Birth
Occupation
Police chief
Death of a paternal grandmother
Marriage of a brother
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Death of a sister
about October 2, 1937 (aged 42 years)
Death of a brother
INDI:NICK
Tom
Death
about 1978 (aged 82 years)
Family with parents
father
13 November 1863 - Thomas Lanercost Brampton Holmes
18591936
Birth: Brampton, Cumberland, England
Death: April 25, 1936Gateshead, Durham, England
mother
Born July 1861 - Sarah Holmes (nee Henderson)
18611937
Christening: July 16, 1861Gateshead, Durham, England
Death: August 1, 1937
Marriage MarriageJuly 11, 1881Gateshead, Durham, England
10 months
elder brother
Abt 1945 - Edward TWH Holmes
18821963
Birth: May 13, 1882 22 20 Gateshead, Durham, England
Death: April 1963Durham, England
2 years
elder sister
12 September 1938 - Jane (Jenny) Holmes
1884
Birth: September 12, 1884 25 23 Gateshead, Durham, England
Death:
4 years
elder sister
Born 23 June 1888 - Mary (Cissy) Elizabeth Holmes
18881982
Birth: June 23, 1888 28 26 Durham, England
Death: April 28, 1982Durham, England
4 years
elder sister
Born 1891 - Nelly Holmes
18911937
Birth: about 1891 31 29 Durham, England
Death: about October 2, 1937
4 years
himself
Born 13 April 1895 - Thomas (Tom) Holmes
18951978
Birth: April 13, 1895 35 33 Durham, England
Death: about 1978
Family with Private
himself
Born 13 April 1895 - Thomas (Tom) Holmes
18951978
Birth: April 13, 1895 35 33 Durham, England
Death: about 1978
wife
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private
Note

Detective Chief Superintendant (CID) at Durham. Seconded to Eisenhower's staff during WW2, cleared
out Hague police force, 5 years chief of police in Berlin (1945-1950), then MI5 (caught Colonel
Lonsdale and the Krugers).,

Note

• Chr. Gateshead, 13 April 1895;

• joined police force in 1920, after serving in WW1, became a detective;

• married Peggy (Margaret) Dixon (née Wetherburn), 30 August 1921;

• 2 children: Veronica and Ted (Edward Thomas);

• rose to the rank of inspector at age 32 (i.e. in 1927),
was “in charge of the Lanchester Division” in 1934 (and maybe earlier);

• chairman of the police Joint Central Committee from 1931-1934;

• became Detective Superintendent in charge of Durham County C.I.D.;

• seconded to Eisenhower’s staff as police liaison officer in 1944, served
as a Colonel with MI6;

• after the war, worked as Assistant Inspector-General in charge of the
Public Safety Branch of the Berlin police force until April 1948;

• back in England, worked for MI5;

• died in 1978.

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