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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
22
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
July 10, 1893
Mangalore, India
Enlistment:
January 11, 1915
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
June 13, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of William Cuthbert and Clara Eveline Holmes, of Millstream, Victoria, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
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Newspaper Clipping
Clipping from the Supplement to the London Gazette issue no. 29414 for 21 December 1915. -
Roll of Honour
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Grave marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of August 25, 1916. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y221uvic/mode/1up?view=theater. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Victoria (B. C. ) Times newspaper c. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dumbleton Holmes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 104 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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