John Vincent Holland
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment attached to 7th Battalion
- Register No.
- 581 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment attached to 7th Battalion (register: Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment) all Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 3 September 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 26th October, 1916 on this day → all of 1916 →
- Born
- 19th July, 1889 at Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
- Died
- 27th February, 1975 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Memorial / grave
- at Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania
Digest of citation
On 3rd September, 1916 at Guillemont, France, during a heavy engagement, Lieutenant HOLLAND, not content with building hostile dug-outs within the objective, fearlessly led his bombers through our own Artillery barrage and cleared a great part of the village in front. He started out with 26 bombers and finished with only five after capturing some 50 prisoners. By this gallant action he undoubtedly broke the spirit of the enemy and saved many casualties. He was far from well at the time and later had to go into hospital
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
HOLLAND, John Vincent. (reg No. 581).
Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment attached to 7th Battalion.
London Gazetted on 26th October, 1916.
Born on 19th July, 1889 at Athy, County Kildare, Ireland.
Died on 27th February, 1975 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Memorial on grave at Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania.
Digest of Citation reads: On 3rd September, 1916 at Guillemont, France, during a heavy engagement, Lieutenant HOLLAND, not content with building hostile dug-outs within the objective, fearlessly led his bombers through our own Artillery barrage and cleared a great part of the village in front. He started out with 26 bombers and finished with only five after capturing some 50 prisoners. By this gallant action he undoubtedly broke the spirit of the enemy and saved many casualties. He was far from well at the time and later had to go into hospital.
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