H Database

4th Battalion

Royal Norfolk Regiment

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves

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5776737

Lance Corporal

Holmes, Thomas Edward

United Kingdom

Royal Norfolk Regiment

4th Battalion

Former Regiment - Unknown

Former Unit - Unknown

Died

Japanese POW:

Yes

Age:

Date of Death:

1944/09/12

Cause of Death:

POW lost in the Kachidoki Maru

Place of Death:

The Kachidoki Maru was sunk North East of Hainan Island off China.

Loved Ones

Son of Thomas and Sarah Holmes, of Underwood, Nottinghamshire.

Memorial

Column 48.

Singapore Memorial

Singapore

Sunk by USS Pampanito. Carrying 900 British prisoners from Singapore to Japan, 400 were lost.

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