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Second Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER HOLMES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leinster Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

II. D. 65.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Holmes, of Kempstone Lodge, Litcham, King's Lynn.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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