HOLMES, Peter Leslie
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PLY/X 101828
Born:
Friday, April 3, 1914
Birthplace:
Cannock, Staffordshire
Died :
Wednesday, June 7, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
30
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine Peter Holmes was reported missing presumed died during operations at Normandy, France. He has no known grave. Son of Peter and Elizabeth Ellen Holmes, of Pendlebury, Lancashire. Read an article about his life written by his niece here: Mne P.L. HOLMES.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/132.
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