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Private J HOLMES

Service Number: 242791
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

V. A. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Alice Holmes, of 39, Gilpin Rd., Clapton Park, London.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 900
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