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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Holmes John
|Army number=4458910
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=24
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland.  Transferred to the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 6/6/42, posted 30th Bn RNF  (See RNF Book 358 30/71).  DROWNED in the UK between 12th and 13/9/1942.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known, but before Autumn 1940.
|Died/Killed in action=13-Sep-42
|Home address=Son of John and Sarah Holmes, of Blackburn.  His brother James also died on service.  Buried Grave 5198, Section F. R.C. Blackburn Cemetery.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

Because of his transfer to the RNF, Pte Holmes is not included on the DLI Roll of Honour.