We remember John Vincent Holland

We remember John Vincent Holland

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Timeline

Timeline

1890
birth Athy, Co. Kildare Ireland Source:8537538 19th July 1890
1905
education Clongowes Wood College Source:8537538 1905 - 1909
1914
enlistment London United Kingdom Source:8537538 November 1914
1914
service British Army Private Life Guards 2nd Battalion Source:8537538 November 1914 - February 1915
1915
service British Army Second Lieutenant (on probation) Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion Source:8537538 13th February 1915 - March 1915
1915
service British Army Second Lieutenant (on probation) Leinster Regiment, attd. Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Source:8537538 March 1915 - 26th July 1915
1915
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8537506 9th June 1915
1915
service British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment, attd. Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Source:8537538 26th July 1915 - August 1915
1916
service British Army Lieutenant Leinster Regiment 3rd, attd. 7th Battalion Source:8537553 January 1916 - 3rd September 1916
1916
awards Victoria Cross (VC) British Award/Decoration Source:8537538 3rd September 1916
1917
marriage Frances Grogan Source:8537538 15th January 1917
1917
service British Army Captain Leinster Regiment 3rd, attd. Officer Cadet Battalion Source:8537538 18th March 1917 - 31st October 1919
1917
appointments Staff Instructor, Officer Cadet Battalion Source:8537538 19th November 1917 - 31st October 1919
1919
children Niall Vincent Holland Source:8537538 1919
1919
service Indian Army Lieutenant Lancers 9th Source:8537559 November 1919 - 15th September 1922
1921
children Norman Holland Source:8537538 1921
1975
death Not War Related Hobart, Tasmania Australia Source:8537538 27th February 1975
burial Cornelian Bay Cemetery Non-War Cemetery Hobart, Tasmania Australia Source:8537538

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names John Vincent
Initials JV
Last Name Holland
Source 8537516
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Life Guards 2nd Battalion Private
British Army Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion Second Lieutenant (on probation)
British Army Leinster Regiment, attd. Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Second Lieutenant (on probation)
British Army Leinster Regiment, attd. Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Leinster Regiment 3rd, attd. 7th Battalion Lieutenant
Indian Army Lancers 9th Lieutenant
British Army Leinster Regiment 3rd, attd. Officer Cadet Battalion Captain
Awards
AwardTypeSource
VC British Award/Decoration
Victoria Cross (VC) British Award/Decoration
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Niall Vincent Holland son 1919
Norman Holland son 1921
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Catherine Peppard mother
John Holland, M.R.C.V.S. father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Frances Grogan wife 15th January 1917

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card

External Evidence

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Edinburgh Gazette, 31 October 1916 Mara60295
London Gazette, 12 February 1915 Mara60295
Edinburgh Gazette, 31 October 1916 Mara60295
Irish VC recipients Mara60295
London Gazette, 16 January 1918 Mara60295
London Gazette, 11 January 1918 Mara60295
London Gazette 28 November 1919 Mara60295

Multimedia

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WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 Mara60295
2nd Lt Mara60295
Commission Mara60295
Victoria Cross Mara60295
Captain Mara60295
Frances and John Mara60295
Grave Mara60295
India Mara60295
Portrait Mara60295
Life Guards Mara60295
Athy Mara60295
Headstone of grave at Hobart Kevin136352

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