Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer)
Sir Robert Holmes was an English Admiral of the Restoration Navy. He participated in the second and third Anglo-Dutch Wars, both of which he is, by some, credited with having started. He was made Governor of the Isle of Wight, where he is buried in Yarmouth Parish Church.
Sir Frescheville Holles (on left) and Sir Robert Holmes (on right), painted by Peter Lely
Holmes's Bonfire
Holmes's attack on the Smyrna Fleet, 12 March 1672
Holmes's house (now The George Hotel) in Yarmouth
Yarmouth is a town, port and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river. The town grew near the river crossing, originally a ferry, which was replaced with a road bridge in 1863.
Yarmouth town centre
The Harbour, c. 1920, by A. R. Quinton
Yarmouth Town hall
Entrance to Yarmouth Pier, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight (2014) by L S Wilson