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Ordinary Seaman JAMES CYRIL HOLMES

Service Number: D/JX 253959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Raleigh

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1941

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TORPOINT (HORSON) CEMETERY

Grave 21.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Rose Holmes, of Donsville, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES OF YOU AND US TOGETHER WILL LINGER IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

TORPOINT (HORSON) CEMETERY
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 76
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