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Private W HOLMES

Service Number: 23882
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

F. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Janet Holmes, of 52, Jerviston St., New Stevenston, Holytown, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 118
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