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Sergeant BENJAMIN COLIN DAVID HOLMES

Service Number: 1316546
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

104 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. C. 39.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charlie and Mary Holmes. of Blakeney, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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