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Lieutenant JOHN WILLIAM HOLMES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

No. 41 R.M. Commando.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

15. B. 4.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Mabel Holmes; husband of Barbara Holmes, of Lindley, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF JOHN, BELOVED HUSBAND OF BARBARA. ONLY SON OF MABEL AND THE LATE J.W. HOLMES

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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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