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Military service
Service number:
1003600
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
102nd Bn.
Birth:
March 28, 1893
Death:
September 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Leon Albert Holmes
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Inscription
Leon Holmes was born in Borrowash in 1893, the son of John and Rose Holmes. He enlisted at Sudbury, Ontario on 19th June 1916 whilst living with his wife, Marie, at Crean Hill. He was a fitter by trade. -
War Memorial
This is the Ockbrook and Borrowash War Memorial in Derbyshire on which Leon Holmes's name is commemorated. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Albert Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Albert Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Albert Holmes
Digital gallery of
Private Leon Albert Holmes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 431 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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