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Léonidas Joly

In memory of:

Private Léonidas Joly

November 17, 1915

Military Service

Service Number:

61477

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 22, 1891
Québec (St-Roch), Quebec

Enlistment:

October 22, 1914
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Joseph-Léonidas-Edgar Joly. Son of Joseph-Léon Joly and Delvina Tremblay, of Viauville and Lachine, Montréal, Québec.

On 12 November 1915, at Vierstraat, Belgium, he was severely wounded from shrapnel to a thigh and, on the 17th, while he was evacuated to England on board Hospital ship HMHS Anglia, the ship hit a mine and sunk.

Commemorated on Page 22 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL
Hampshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL is situated within Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Circumstances of death registers

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Circumstances of death registers
  • Photo of LEONIDAS JOLY– Visual circumstances of death (Photo from Imperial War Museum)

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    Photo of LEONIDAS JOLY
    Photo of LEONIDAS JOLY – Visual circumstances of death (Photo from Imperial War Museum)
  • Memorial– Inscription de son nom sur une des plaques commémoratives du mémorial.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – Inscription de son nom sur une des plaques commémoratives du mémorial.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Inscription– Inscription on the memorial at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton, UK showing Leonidas Joly's name.

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    Inscription
    Inscription – Inscription on the memorial at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton, UK showing Leonidas Joly's name.
  • Cross of Sacrifice– Cross of Sacrifice at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton, UK

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    Cross of Sacrifice
    Cross of Sacrifice – Cross of Sacrifice at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton, UK

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