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Lance Corporal RICHARD HOLMES

Service Number: 242966
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

"D" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAULCOURT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, GUYENCOURT-SAULCOURT

Sp. Mem. A. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Alice Holmes, of Preston.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED AND REMEMBERED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

SAULCOURT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, GUYENCOURT-SAULCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 110
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