HOLMES, Clive Douglas

Liveramentu Cemetery, Colombo Sri LankaCredit: Unknown

Flight Lieutenant (Meterologist)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Clive was born 1920 in Newport to Stanley Fred & Hannah Dorothy (nee SHEPARD) HOLMES who were living at 46 Medina Avenue around the time of Clive’s death.

Clive, aged 25, drowned in a swimming accident whilst off duty on the 26th of January 1946. He rests beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 609 of his First & Second World War comrades in the Liveramentu Cemetery, Colombo Sri Lanka.

Clive is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.