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Private WILLIAM HOLMES

Service Number: 14391031
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY

II.D.23.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Wilson Holmes and Mary Jane Holmes, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH YOUR GRAVE LIES FAR AWAY YOUR MEMORY IS WITH US EVERY DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 400
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