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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
A/21026
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
January 1, 1891
Balmuir, Antrim
Enlistment:
February 18, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 22.
Additional information
Son of David Holmes of Hougoumont, Antrim, Ireland.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private Arthur Holmes
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Gravemarker
Headstone in Ballymena New Cemetery, Cushendall Road, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Orchard Dump Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens) -
Epitaph
Epitaph: "Buried Near This Spot" / Their glory shall not be blotted out" -
Orchard Dump Cemetery
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (J.Stephens) -
Photo of Arthur Holmes
HOLMES (MM), Arthur, A/21026, Private , 16th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.) was KIA on the 30th April 1917. He was the second son of David and Jane Holmes, Hugomont Villas, Ballymena and brother of David.. He is buried Orchard Dump Cemetery, Vimy Ridge. He is commemorated on the family headstone in Ballymena New Cemetery, Cushendall Road, Ballymena. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Holmes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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