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Private W E HOLMES

Service Number: 5/6056
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

O. II. C. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Willie Brook Holmes and Amy Gertrude Holmes, of 15, Osborne Terrace, Field Hill, Batley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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