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Lieutenant OLIVER LOCKINGTON HOLMES

Service Number: 307771
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VI. E. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Kenward Holmes and Winifred Mary Lockington Holmes, of Udimore, Sussex. His brother Alfred Bernard also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription DEVOTED BROTHER OF BERNARD, MIDSHIPMAN, R.N. LOST WITH H.M.S. "SOUTHAMPTON" 11.1.1941 AGE 19
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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