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Major RICHARD WILLIAM LUMSDEN HOLMES

Service Number: 50402
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Berkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

V, C, 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John David William and Barbara Janet Holmes, of Coyoacan, Mexico. B.A. (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN THE ASSAULT ON THE VILLAGE OF SAN SAVINO. IN EVERLOVING MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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