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Serjeant FRANCIS HOLMES

Service Number: 3332
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

46th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. J. 12.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Ridsdale Holmes and Elizabeth Holmes, of 107, Pont St., Ashington, Northumberland. Native of Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription A NOBLE SON A SOLDIER BRAVE PEACEFULLY SLEEPING IN A HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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