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VC492 Edward James Gibson Holland
BORN 2 February 1878
DIED 18 June 1948 AGE 70
VC Won 7 November 1900 AGE 22
Place VC Won Komati River Action
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Edward James Gibson Holland No.
VC Issue No. 492 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Canadian Dragoons
Later
Now Royal Canadian Dragoons
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Ottawa, Canada
Place Of Death At his home, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
Buried/Location Ashes Lake Temagami, Ontario and buried at Prescott, Ontario, Canada
Cremated St James's Crematorium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Island 17, Lake Temagami
Gazetted 23 April 1901
VC Presented 20 September 1901, Duke of York (later King George V), Ottawa, Canada
Memorials
Plaque in grounds of Canadian Legion HQ, Trafalgar House, Argyle Street, Ottawa, Canada
Major Holland VC Park, Lang St, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
By The Way…
He was presented with the Victoria Cross by the future George the Fifth, on a visit to Canada
VC Held By
Royal Canadian Dragoons Museum, Petawawa, Ontario, Canada
