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Lance Corporal ERIC ARTHUR HOLMES

Service Number: 4540405
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY

3. G. 5.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard W. and Elizabeth Holmes, of Skipton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE WOULD GIVE THE WORLD AND MORE TO SEE THE ONE WE LOVED COMING THROUGH THE DOOR
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Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 284
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