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Military service
Service number:
132029
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
May 19, 1884
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles Holmes, of Keyham, Leicestershire, England.
Digital gallery of Private Frank Holmes
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Photo of Frank Holmes
Photo taken from "A Short History and Photographic Record of the 73rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Royal Highlanders of Canada". Page 13. A COMPANY No 1 Platoon -
Attestation Papers
Source Library and Archives Canada. -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Honour roll – Eugene Bourgoin's War memorial tablet bas relief, "Our members and everyone who lost their lives in the Great War", photo from in the McCord Museum -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Frank Holmes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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