Rifleman JAMES HOLMES
Service Number: 3598771
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Ulster Rifles
1st (Airborne) Bn.
Date of Death
Died 24 March 1945
Age 24 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Holmes, of Bastwell, Blackburn, Lancashire. His brother John also died on service.
- Personal Inscription GOOD-BYE, JIM, WE WILL MEET AGAIN. FATHER AND MOTHER
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