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Lance Corporal EDWARD JOHN HOLMES

Service Number: 14444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

8.H.16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Charles Alfred and Catherine Holmes, of 23. Mape St. Bethnal Green, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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