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Private SYDNEY ROY HOLMES

Service Number: 2181
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 51.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Holmes, of 16, East Parade, Harrogate, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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