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Sapper MATTHEW DAVISON HOLMES

Service Number: 471492
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

105th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 June 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUREPAIRE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, PONTAVERT

1252.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of M. D. and M. Holmes, of Sunniside, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S RACE WELL RUN LIFE'S CROWN WELL WON NOW COMES REST
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUREPAIRE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, PONTAVERT
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 67
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