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Private HENRY HOLMES

Service Number: 123237
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

42nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY

IV. G. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ann Holmes, of 11, Chatsworth Rd., Rowsley, Derbyshire, and the late Samuel Holmes. Born at Darley Dale, Matlock.
  • Personal Inscription WE HOPE TO MEET AGAIN WHEN THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 736
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