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Lance Corporal JOHN HERBERT HECTOR HOLMES

Service Number: 2540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 January 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. E. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Herbert and Elizabeth Holmes, of Birmingham; husband of Mary E. Holmes, of 1, Albert Place, Edward Rd., Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription I WILL LAY ME DOWN IN PEACE AND TAKE MY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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