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Chief Petty Officer F J HOLMES

Service Number: 132549
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Challenger."

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1915

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOUALA CEMETERY

10.

Cameroon

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Holmes; husband of Elizabeth Holmes, of 7, Grove Crescent, Teignmouth, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN DEATH IS THE GATE OF LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

DOUALA CEMETERY
Cameroon
Number of casualties: 26
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