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Sergeant ALEXANDER HOLMES

Service Number: 1056540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

101 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (MORNINGSIDE) CEMETERY

Sec. E. Grave 981.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Hannah Holmes, of Morningside, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GAVE US MEMORY TO HAVE ROSES IN DECEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (MORNINGSIDE) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 81
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