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Ray Peter Holycross

In memory of:

Sapper Ray Peter Holycross

October 16, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

2497676

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Railway Troops

Division:

30th

Citation(s):

Military Medal, London Gazette No. 30652 dated 23 April 1918.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

April 23, 1893
South Bend, Indiana

Enlistment:

July 7, 1917
Sudbury, Ontario

Son of Newton H. Hollycross of South Bend, Indiana, United States of America.

Commemorated on Page 431 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. CLOUD COMMUNAL CEMETERY (HAUTS DE SEINE)
Hauts-de-Seine, France

Grave Reference:

H. II. 147.

Location:

This is 21 miles West of Paris. Division H contains the graves of five soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom, two Canadian soldiers and one from New Zealand, who died in 1918.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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