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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= John Holman
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|birth_date= {{Birth date|df=y|1938|04|05}}
|birth_place= [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]],<br>[[British India]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=y|2011|10|7|1938|4|5}}
|death_place= [[Hythe, Kent]], England
|placeofburial= [[Shorncliffe Army Camp#Shorncliffe Military Cemetery|Shorncliffe Military Cemetery]]
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]]
|serviceyears= 1958–1993
|rank= [[Brigadier]]
|servicenumber= 457182
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|commands= [[2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Brigade]]<br/>1st Battalion (Queen's Surreys)
|battles= [[Cyprus Emergency]]<br/>[[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]<br/>[[The Troubles]]
|awards= [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Brigadier]] '''John Charles Holman''', {{postnominal|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CBE|DL}} (5 April 1938 – 7 October 2011) was an English first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. Serving in the [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment|Royal West Kent Regiment]] and its successor, The [[Queen's Regiment]], Holman served in the British Army from 1958 to 1993, reaching the rank of brigadier. He also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Combined Services cricket team]] in the early 1960s.

==Life and military career==
The son of a [[Indian Imperial Police|colonial policeman]],<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=http://www.1queens.co.uk/_d0cz/RHQ_Notifications/Brigadier_Holman.pdf |title=Obituary – Brigadier John Charles Holman, CBE, DL |publisher=thequeensown.com |accessdate=1 March 2019}}</ref> Holman was born at [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in what was then [[British India]]. He was educated in England at [[Tonbridge School]] from 1951 to 1956.<ref>{{cite book |title=The register of Tonbridge School from 1900 to 1965 |publisher=Tonbridge School (Old Tonbridgian Society) |first=Charles Harold |last=Knott |year=1966 |page=270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAM2AAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> From Tonbridge he studied at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], graduating into the [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment|Royal West Kent Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in August 1958.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41508|date=26 September 1958|page=5961|supp=y}}</ref> Holman first saw action in Cyprus against [[EOKA]] during the [[Cyprus Emergency]] in 1959.<ref name="OBIT"/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in August 1960.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42106|date=29 July 1960|page=5310|supp=y}}</ref> Holman played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Combined Services cricket team]]. He made his debut against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] at [[Fenner's]] in 1962, before making a second appearance against the same opposition at [[Royal Air Force Sports Ground|Uxbridge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30340/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by John Holman |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=1 March 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A right-handed batsman, he scored 39 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30340/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Holman |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=1 March 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In August 1964, he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43398|date=31 July 1964|page=6598|supp=y}}</ref> After 1966, the Royal West Kent Regiment was amalgamated into The [[Queen's Regiment]], which Holman continued to serve in. He served in Borneo during the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]].<ref name="OBIT"/>

Holman was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in January 1971,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45271|date=1 January 1971|page=119|supp=y}}</ref> and [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in June 1977.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47264|date=5 July 1977|page=8745|supp=y}}</ref> He served as the [[commanding officer]] of the 1st Battalion (Queen's Surreys) in [[The Troubles|Northern Ireland]],<ref name="OBIT"/> for which he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1980 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=48041|date=28 December 1979|page=4|supp=y}}</ref><ref name="OBIT"/> He was appointed as deputy colonel of The Queen's Regiment in January 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49639|date=6 February 1984|page=1738|supp=y}}</ref> In June of the same year, he was promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49807|date=16 July 1984|page=9774|supp=y}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1987 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=50764|date=30 December 1986|page=5|supp=y}}</ref> His tenure as deputy colonel of The Queen's Regiment expired in January 1989, with Colonel Richard Harold Graham replacing him.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51609|date=9 January 1989|page=330|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]] in December 1989, with seniority from June 1989.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52017|date=15 January 1990|page=640}}</ref> As a brigadier he commanded the [[2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Brigade]] at [[Shorncliffe Army Camp|Shorncliffe]],<ref name="OBIT"/> as well as held the post of deputy constable of [[Dover Castle]] in 1989.<ref name="CIV">{{cite web|url=http://www.hythecivicsociety.org/projects/HCS%20completed.pdf |title=Completed Projects / Holman's Field |publisher=hythecivicsociety.org |accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinqueports.org/lord-warden-officials/deputy-constable/ |title=Deputy Constable of Dover Castle |publisher=cinqueports.org |accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref> Holman retired from military service in April 1993, at which point he was appointed to the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=53271|date=8 April 1993|page=6483|supp=y}}</ref>

Holman served as a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Kent in 1996.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54334|date=1 March 1996|page=3180}}</ref> Later in his life he was the chairman of the Hythe Festival and the Hythe Civic Society.<ref name="QRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.1queens.co.uk/rhq/rhq.html |title=Obituaries Received from The Queen's Regimental Association |publisher=1queens.co.uk |accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref> He successfully underwent treatment for [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]], but after a prolonged period of remission the disease returned, with Holman succumbing to the disease on 7 October 2011.<ref name="QRO"/><ref name="NOTE">{{cite web|url=http://www.1queens.co.uk/_d0cz/RHQ_Notifications/Brigadier_Holman.pdf |title=Brigadier J C Holman CBE DL |publisher=1queens.co.uk |accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref> He was buried at the [[Shorncliffe Army Camp#Shorncliffe Military Cemetery|Shorncliffe Military Cemetery]].<ref name="NOTE"/> Following his death, a strip of parkland in Hythe running alongside the [[Royal Military Canal]] was renamed Holman's Field in his honour.<ref name="CIV"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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