HOLMES, Leslie Thomas

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6897410
Died : 
Sunday, March 19, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
33
Cemetery/Memorial: 

Corporal Leslie Holmes was reported missing 19 March 1944 later presumed killed in action during operations in Italy. At the time of his death his Commando were engaged in an operation against German forces in the wadis near the Anzio beachhead. The recipient of a King's Commendation for brave conduct he has no known grave. Son of Isaac Henry and Mary Elizabeth Holmes, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/87

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