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Personal data

• Name HOLMES
• Initials E
• First name ERNEST
• Place of birth Oldham
• Country Lancs, England
• Last residence Oldham
• Family Son of Arthur and Leah Holmes, of 69, Hollin Hall St., Oldham.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Ashton-Under-Lyne
• Service number 8/32261
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 103rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 34th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 17 August 1914;
  also served in the Army Service Corps

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 27 April 1918
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVIII - C - 8

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