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Private JAMES RAYMOND HOLFORD

Service Number: 14372840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

IX. D. 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Egerton Holford and Florence Holford, of Wythenshawe, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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