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Private JOSEPH HOLMES

Service Number: 31540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

I. D. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Holmes, of 15, Dyson St., Lightcliffe Rd., Brighouse, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1860
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