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Second Lieutenant REX ALEC HOLMES

Service Number: 180099
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

11. C. 18.

Singapore

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Alice Holmes, of Luton, Bedfordshire; husband of Constance Mary Holmes, of Luton.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS A MAN WHO DIED FOR HIS GOD AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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