Rank: Major
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery. 120th Bty.
Age: 39 years old.
Son of Charles and Margaret Elizabeth Holland, of Wimbledon; husband of Gwen Holland, of Wimbledon, London. Served in the South African Campaign.
(CWGC)
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Charles Stewart Holland was born on 28 December 1875 the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Holland of 7 The Grange, Wimbledon, London and entered the Royal Artillery in 1895. Promoted Lieutenant three years later he became a Captain in 1901 shortly before going to South Africa where he took part in operations in the Orange River Colony in 1902, receiving the Queen's Medal with 4 clasps.
He was twice adjutant of his regiment, served in India and Ceylon and was promoted Major in November 1912. Holland was married; his wife's name was Gwen, but it is not known if they had a family. He was one of the first to arrive in France with the BEF and he was thirty eight years old.
Major Holland was in command of 120th Battery in their first action on the canal west of Mons when they came under heavy rifle and shell fire on the morning of 23 August. As the foremost guns of 5 Division they were dug in along the towpath at St Ghislain and their return fire together with that of the infantry initially repelled the enemy. But severe enemy pressure caused the battery to be withdrawn; one section firing on the enemy all afternoon from the side of a slag heap. It was while at their observation post that the Battery Commander, Major Holland, was killed by a rifle bullet. At first he was buried below the nearby factory wall but later the Germans re-buried him at Hautrage.
Major Holland was often said to be the first artillery officer killed in the Great War and a search of the CWGC database has confirmed that this was indeed the case.
(https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/private-memorials-on-the-western-front/charles-stewart-holland/)
Contributor: Charles Horner (48024805).
The brass plaque pictured is at the entrance to the Warrior Chapel at St Mary's Wimbledon. He is also named on the grave of Charles Wroughton Holland, plot U085
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery. 120th Bty.
Age: 39 years old.
Son of Charles and Margaret Elizabeth Holland, of Wimbledon; husband of Gwen Holland, of Wimbledon, London. Served in the South African Campaign.
(CWGC)
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Charles Stewart Holland was born on 28 December 1875 the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Holland of 7 The Grange, Wimbledon, London and entered the Royal Artillery in 1895. Promoted Lieutenant three years later he became a Captain in 1901 shortly before going to South Africa where he took part in operations in the Orange River Colony in 1902, receiving the Queen's Medal with 4 clasps.
He was twice adjutant of his regiment, served in India and Ceylon and was promoted Major in November 1912. Holland was married; his wife's name was Gwen, but it is not known if they had a family. He was one of the first to arrive in France with the BEF and he was thirty eight years old.
Major Holland was in command of 120th Battery in their first action on the canal west of Mons when they came under heavy rifle and shell fire on the morning of 23 August. As the foremost guns of 5 Division they were dug in along the towpath at St Ghislain and their return fire together with that of the infantry initially repelled the enemy. But severe enemy pressure caused the battery to be withdrawn; one section firing on the enemy all afternoon from the side of a slag heap. It was while at their observation post that the Battery Commander, Major Holland, was killed by a rifle bullet. At first he was buried below the nearby factory wall but later the Germans re-buried him at Hautrage.
Major Holland was often said to be the first artillery officer killed in the Great War and a search of the CWGC database has confirmed that this was indeed the case.
(https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/private-memorials-on-the-western-front/charles-stewart-holland/)
Contributor: Charles Horner (48024805).
The brass plaque pictured is at the entrance to the Warrior Chapel at St Mary's Wimbledon. He is also named on the grave of Charles Wroughton Holland, plot U085
Rank: Major
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery. 120th Bty.
Age: 39 years old.
Son of Charles and Margaret Elizabeth Holland, of Wimbledon; husband of Gwen Holland, of Wimbledon, London. Served in the South African Campaign.
(CWGC)
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Charles Stewart Holland was born on 28 December 1875 the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Holland of 7 The Grange, Wimbledon, London and entered the Royal Artillery in 1895. Promoted Lieutenant three years later he became a Captain in 1901 shortly before going to South Africa where he took part in operations in the Orange River Colony in 1902, receiving the Queen's Medal with 4 clasps.
He was twice adjutant of his regiment, served in India and Ceylon and was promoted Major in November 1912. Holland was married; his wife's name was Gwen, but it is not known if they had a family. He was one of the first to arrive in France with the BEF and he was thirty eight years old.
Major Holland was in command of 120th Battery in their first action on the canal west of Mons when they came under heavy rifle and shell fire on the morning of 23 August. As the foremost guns of 5 Division they were dug in along the towpath at St Ghislain and their return fire together with that of the infantry initially repelled the enemy. But severe enemy pressure caused the battery to be withdrawn; one section firing on the enemy all afternoon from the side of a slag heap. It was while at their observation post that the Battery Commander, Major Holland, was killed by a rifle bullet. At first he was buried below the nearby factory wall but later the Germans re-buried him at Hautrage.
Major Holland was often said to be the first artillery officer killed in the Great War and a search of the CWGC database has confirmed that this was indeed the case.
(https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/private-memorials-on-the-western-front/charles-stewart-holland/)
Contributor: Charles Horner (48024805).
The brass plaque pictured is at the entrance to the Warrior Chapel at St Mary's Wimbledon. He is also named on the grave of Charles Wroughton Holland, plot U085
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery. 120th Bty.
Age: 39 years old.
Son of Charles and Margaret Elizabeth Holland, of Wimbledon; husband of Gwen Holland, of Wimbledon, London. Served in the South African Campaign.
(CWGC)
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Charles Stewart Holland was born on 28 December 1875 the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Holland of 7 The Grange, Wimbledon, London and entered the Royal Artillery in 1895. Promoted Lieutenant three years later he became a Captain in 1901 shortly before going to South Africa where he took part in operations in the Orange River Colony in 1902, receiving the Queen's Medal with 4 clasps.
He was twice adjutant of his regiment, served in India and Ceylon and was promoted Major in November 1912. Holland was married; his wife's name was Gwen, but it is not known if they had a family. He was one of the first to arrive in France with the BEF and he was thirty eight years old.
Major Holland was in command of 120th Battery in their first action on the canal west of Mons when they came under heavy rifle and shell fire on the morning of 23 August. As the foremost guns of 5 Division they were dug in along the towpath at St Ghislain and their return fire together with that of the infantry initially repelled the enemy. But severe enemy pressure caused the battery to be withdrawn; one section firing on the enemy all afternoon from the side of a slag heap. It was while at their observation post that the Battery Commander, Major Holland, was killed by a rifle bullet. At first he was buried below the nearby factory wall but later the Germans re-buried him at Hautrage.
Major Holland was often said to be the first artillery officer killed in the Great War and a search of the CWGC database has confirmed that this was indeed the case.
(https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/private-memorials-on-the-western-front/charles-stewart-holland/)
Contributor: Charles Horner (48024805).
The brass plaque pictured is at the entrance to the Warrior Chapel at St Mary's Wimbledon. He is also named on the grave of Charles Wroughton Holland, plot U085
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