Canadian Virtual War Memorial
William Holmes
In memory of:
Sapper William Holmes
April 17, 1917
Military Service
51226
27
Army
Canadian Engineers
3rd Field Coy.
Additional Information
October 25, 1890
Son of Joseph B. and Ellen Holmes, of Comox, British Columbia, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 258 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
III. B. 21 .
Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of April 27, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y119uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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