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Private CECIL JOHN HOLNESS

Service Number: G/794
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY

III. C. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Mary Holness, of Staple, Canterbury; husband of Lilian Holness, of 69A, Marshall St., Folkestone.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 218
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