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Captain LESLIE BENJAMIN HOLMES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1941

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY

1. B. 16.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Louis James Holmes and Emily Holmes; husband of Marguerite Julia Holmes, of Ramsbury, Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE PEACE OF GOD "LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD"
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Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 695
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