Private Robert Holmes, RAOC (1904 - 1942)
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Headstone of Private Robert Holmes, RAOC
Keswick (St. John's) Churchyard
Keswick, Cumberland
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posted by ritsonvaljos at 10:08 pm
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Headstone of Private Robert Holmes, RAOC
Keswick (St. John's) Churchyard
Keswick, Cumberland
For additional information click on 'Comments' below.
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Private Robert Holmes of Keswick, Cumberland (now Cumbria) served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps during the Second World War. He was the son of Mrs E. Holmes of Keswick.
Private Robert Holmes died on 6 October 1942 at the age of 38. He was laid to rest in St John's Churchyard, Keswick. The epitaph on his headstone reads as follows:
" A Lakeland climber
A devoted son
A kind brother
A faithful friend".
May he rest in peace!
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