Corporal John Holden
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1876-09-22
Place of birth: Preston
Next of kin: Elizabeth Ann Holden (Wife) Port Hope, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Molder
Occupation (normalized): Bench Moulder (Metal)
Address:
Not specified
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-08-08
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, XVI. C. 5.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 50429
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(21st Battalion)
Rank detail
Corporal, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Amiens
Commemoration location: Book of Remembrance (Ottawa), page 430
Awards
Military Medal
Images
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 576157
LAC ID:
464074
Service file: B4432-S042
Uploader's Notes:
Son of George and Rachel Holden, of Preston, Lancashire, England, and husband of Elizabeth Ann. He had one daughter, Florence (born in England), before emigrating to Toronto (1907) and then settling in Port Hope (1908). His wife and daughter emigrated in 1909. (IGI database, 1911 census). A son, Harold Stanley Holden was born December 27th 1913.
Previous military service: South African War - Ambulance Brigade. (Attestation papers)
Uploader's Research notes: [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion Military Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-11-25