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Flying Officer CARLTON CURTIS HOLMES

Service Number: 165061
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

27 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

5. A. 6.

Bangladesh

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Cuthbert Hugh and Agnes Mary Holmes; husband of Eileen Watkins Holmes, of Baguley, Manchester. Member of the Pharmaceutical Society.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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