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Lance Corporal WILLIAM TELFORD HOLMES

Service Number: 3599933
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

141st (7th Bn. The Buffs [Royal East Kent Regt.] Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UDEN WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Kate Holmes, of Workington, Cumberland; husband of Dorothy Holmes.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF A DEAR SON HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

UDEN WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 703
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