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Lance Corporal EDWARD HOLMES

Service Number: 4208839
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 12.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Harriet Holmes, of Southwick, Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of Margaret Holmes, of Southwick.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE GARDEN OF MEMORIES WE MEET EVERY DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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