Military service
Service number:
G/27159
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
New Brunswick Rangers, R.C.I.C.
Division:
10th Indep. Machine Gun Coy.
Birth:
December 16, 1914
Long Reach, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
October 6, 1939
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
September 14, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Edwin M. and Gertrude Holder, of Long Reach, King's Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private William Byron Holder
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Photo of William Byron Holder
From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Other
From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the New Brunswick Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
The final resting place for William Byron Holder -
Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
October 11, 2010 - Ed Holder, Member of Parliament for London West visits the gravesite of his Great Uncle Byron.
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
Digital gallery of
Private William Byron Holder
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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