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Sergeant LESLIE DOUGLAS JAMES HOLMES

Service Number: 1250551
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1942

Buried or commemorated at

KANO TOWNSHIP CHRISTIAN CEMETERY

Bompai Sec. Grave 95.

Nigeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Holmes, and stepson of Ellen Holmes, of West Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE WORLD ONLY ONE, TO ME ALL THE WORLD. DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

KANO TOWNSHIP CHRISTIAN CEMETERY
Nigeria
Number of casualties: 18
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