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Gunner ALFRED HOLMES

Service Number: 780193
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 186th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. A. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Margaret Hannah Holmes, of 17, Craven St., Otley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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