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Private R HOLMES

Service Number: 36031
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. A. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Holmes. of South Leverton, Notts.; husband of E, Holmes, of Blyth, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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