Pte
William Daniel Holborne
Information about birth
Date of birth: 01/12/1887 |
Place of birth: Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 688047 |
Units: — Canadian Infantry, 72nd Bn. (Seaforth Highlanders) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 30/10/1917 |
Age: 29 |
Cemetery
Tyne Cot Cemetery Plot: XXXIX Row: F Grave: 17 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4430 - 11). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
War diaries: 72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4942, Microfilm reel number: T-10749--T-10750, File number: 450). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/463206 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=5a84331c-e927-4410-b781-2b0d26154441 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5940272 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/463206 |