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Second Lieutenant OSMOND HOLMES

Service Number: 89695
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Date of Death

Died 22 February 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY

2. F. 43.

Kenya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6 Bn. Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Osmond Holmes and Bertha Lucy Holmes, of Dulwich, London.
  • Personal Inscription DETUR GLORIA SOLI DEO
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Buried or commemorated at

NAIROBI WAR CEMETERY
Kenya
Number of casualties: 2032
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