War grave, Rathlin Island
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War grave, Rathlin Island
Image: © Rossographer Taken: 23 Jun 2012
Grave in the churchyard of the Parish Church of St Thomas Image This is a war grave for 41 year old H.W. Holder, a stoker lost from HMS 'Racoon' which was sunk on the 9th January 1918 - see http://www.northantrim.com/HMSRacoonHMSViknor.htm for further information on the ship. The Commonwealth War Graves site records that he was the son of Thomas William Holder, of Rochester, Kent.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.293382
Longitude
-6.19784