Alfred Holmes | |
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Nickname(s) | "El de los monos" |
Born | Gibraltar | 1 February 1931
Died | 1 January 1994 Old St. Bernard's Hospital, Gibraltar | (aged 62)
Buried | North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar 36°08′56″N 5°20′41″W / 36.148794°N 5.344742°W |
Allegiance | Gibraltar, United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1954 – 1986 |
Rank | Sergeant |
Unit | Gibraltar Regiment |
Awards | British Empire Medal |
Sgt. Alfred Holmes BEM (1 February 1931 – 1 January 1994) was a Gibraltarian sergeant of the Gibraltar Regiment (now the Royal Gibraltar Regiment). He was a well remembered Officer-in-Charge of the Apes who held this position, caring for the Gibraltar Barbary macaques, for over 38 years.[1][2] He described the macaques as "Gibraltar's greatest treasure".
EVOL
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).For 25 years, Sgt. Alfred Holmes fed, nursed and guarded the famous Barbary apes that scramble among the upper crevices of the Rock of Gibraltar.