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Lance Corporal SAMUEL HOLMES

Service Number: 303360
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

"B" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

I. R. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Samuel and Mary Ann Holmes, of 39, St. Luke's St., Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE BUT HOPE IN HEAVEN TO MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2001
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