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Trumpeter GEORGE PERCY HOLMES

Service Number: 78
Regiment & Unit/Ship

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1914

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. A. 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. W. and Lilian Holmes, of 1, Railway Terrace, Oxford Rd., Mistley, Manningtree, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 673
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