jac holmes and oliver hall fought with kurdish forces.e been speaking to emma va rdy. the road outside the cargo area of heathrow became the scene of tributes, as the bodies of two men, carried from syria by iraq and jordan, arrived home. both 2a and both with no previous military training, jac holmes and oliver hall had a desire tojoin the battle against is. well, for me, it was a personal choice. i wanted to fight against isis and i wanted to help the situation over here in iraq and syria. jac holmes, a former it workerfrom bournemouth, was just 21 when he first travelled to syria and his parents discovered his plans. as we went to move a bit of furniture, opened a drawer to make sure it was empty and found his flight confirmation. i had to leave the house pretty quickly because i was so angry with him. i had all these messages and missed calls and stuff. when i picked up the messages, it was jac and he said, "mum, i'm up a mountain. "i've crossed the border and i'm in syria." he spent two years fighting with the kurdish armed group the