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VC561 Norman Douglas Holbrook
BORN 9 July 1888
DIED 3 July 1976 AGE 87
VC Won 13 December 1914 AGE 26
Place VC Won Dardenelles & Sea of Marmara, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Norman Douglas Holbrook No.
VC Issue No. 561 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Commander
Place Of Birth Southsea, Hampshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, Stedham Mill, near Midhurst, Sussex, England
Buried/Location Ashes St James Churchyard, Stedham, near Midhurst, Sussex, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 22 December 1914
VC Presented 5 October 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, St James Churchyard, Stedham, near Midhurst, Sussex, England
Holbrook Road & Holbrook Park, Fareham, Hampshire
Holbrook Court, Southsea, Hampshire
P Blue plaque at Warleigh House (where he lived in 1904, now part of St John's College), Grove Road South, Southsea, Hampshire
P Named on Victoria Cross submarine service memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial, Royal Naval & Royal Albert yacht club, Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Town of Germanton, NSW, Australia re-named Holbrook in 1915
Svtatue, Commander Holbrook Memorial Park (replica of B-11) & memorabilia at the Submarine Museum, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
Memorial plaque, Upper Junior School, Grammar School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Palmerston Road, Southsea, Hampshire
By The Way…
In 1915 the town of Germanton, New South Wales, Australia, decided to re-name the town to Holbrook
VC Held By
Holbrook Shire Council, 39 Young Street, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
