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Squadron Leader MELVILLE PERCIVAL CONRAD HOLMES

Service Number: 70320
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

197 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Grave 208.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George Percival and Muriel Lilian Holmes, of Plympton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription "ONE OF THE FEW" A SON OF PLYMOUTH WHOSE LIFE WAS SACRIFICED FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Oise France
Number of casualties: 177
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