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Private WILLIAM GEORGE HOLMES

Service Number: 3/8758
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XI. B. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Charlotte Holmes; husband of Kate Holmes, of Gold St., Desborough, Market Harborough. Born at Kettering.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST HUSBAND OF KATE HOLMES DESBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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