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Private JOHN HOLGATE

Service Number: 25062
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

IV. A. 44.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Holgate, of 16, Wellfold, Glodwick, Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE SOME DAY WE SHALL UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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