Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of George and Hannah Loomes. The 1911 census records for 12, Gladstone Street, Market Harborough, Leics. George Loomes, head of the family and married 23 years, a Boot Maker and Dealer, born 1868 in Leicester and his wife Hannah, born 1864 in Coventry, Warwks., also Alfred, son, single and a Boot Shop Manager, born 1889 in Leicester, Wilfred, son, single and a Rubber Merchants Clerk, born 1891 in Leicester, Edith, daughter, single and a Boot Shop Assistant, born 1893 in Leicester, John, son, single and an Apprentice Engineer, born 1895, George, son, a Schoolboy, born 1898, Frances, daughter, a Schoolgirl, born 1900, Sydney, son, a Schoolboy, born 1903 and Bernard, son, a Schoolboy, born 1906, the latter five children were all born in Market Harborough, Leics.