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Lance Serjeant JOHN HOLMES

Service Number: 15892
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

"Z" Coy. 11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rebecca Holmes, of Burnley; husband of Milly (formerly Holmes Lord).
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 240
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