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Second Lieutenant CYRIL ERNEST JACKSON HOLMES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

3rd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES

VII. B. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd/5th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Henry James Ernest and Fannie Elizabeth Holmes, of 17, Palatine Square, Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THINKING OF NOTHING BUT HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 2681
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