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Lieutenant VERNON RAINS HOLMES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

Sp. Mem. A. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Edmund and Hannah Maria Holmes, of 29, Manley Rd., Whalley Range, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription FOR TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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