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Private W H HOLMES

Service Number: 345346
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

16th (Royal Devon and R. North Devon Yeomanry) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

A. 76.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. K. Holmes, of Rose Cottage, Denbury, Newton Abbot, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 2540
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