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Military service
Service number:
R/66066
Age:
21
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
#215 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Death:
August 8, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. H. 5.
Additional information
Son of Erle Francis Holcombe and of Elsie Grace Holcombe (nee Selby), of St. Catharines (Ontario).
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
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Photo of Francis William Holcombe
Submitted by: Mark, Filomena, Olivia and Victoria, the Holcombe family, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, October 28, 2002. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker of FW Holcombe in the Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo taken: 10 May 2010 -
Entrance
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo taken: 10 May 2010 -
Cemetery
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo taken: 10 May 2010 -
Cemetery
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo taken: 10 May 2010 -
Entrance
Chittagong War Cemetery, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Photo taken: 10 May 2010 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the St. Catharines Standard c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Francis William Holcombe
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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