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Private GEORGE WILLIAM HOLDROYD

Service Number: 14409029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VA. N. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hubert and Jessie Holdroyd, of Paddock, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription TO HIS SPLENDID COURAGE AND SPIRIT OF SELF-SACRIFICE

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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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