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Chief Engine Room Artificer LEONARD JOHN HOLMES

Service Number: C/M 35350
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Versatile.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1940

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation.Grave 1233.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Cathrine Eliza Holmes; husband of Constance Blanche Holmes, of Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription THERE ARE MANY DOORS THAT OPEN INTO PARADISE BUT NONE SO LIT WITH GLORY AS THE DOOR OF SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1219
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