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Joseph J Holmes, Lance Corporal served with Gordon Highlanders, 5/7th Bn..
Service number: '3324496'. Date of death: 1944-08-17. Age: 27. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference V. A. 4..
SON OF WILKIE AND MARIA ELIZABETH HOLMES; HUSBAND OF JOYCE MAY HOLMES, OF THORNABY-ON-TEES, YORKSHIRE.
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