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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Holland was born into a middle-class family in [[Athy]], [[County Kildare]], the son of veterinary surgeon John Holland and Catherine Peppard.<ref>{{cite web\|title=John Vincent Holland V.C.\|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm\|accessdate=5 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was educated first at [[Clongowes Wood College]] and later at [[Liverpool University]], and was one of 600 Old Clongovians to enlist in the army during World War One.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Remembering the War Dead\|url=http://www.jesuit.ie/news/remembering-war-dead/\|website=Jesuits in Ireland\|accessdate=5 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Holland was born into a middle-class family in [[Athy]], [[County Kildare]], the son of veterinary surgeon John Holland and Catherine Peppard.<ref>{{cite web\|title=John Vincent Holland V.C.\|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm\|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref> He was educated first at [[Clongowes Wood College]] and later at [[Liverpool University]], and was one of 600 Old Clongovians to enlist in the army during World War One.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Remembering the War Dead\|url=http://www.jesuit.ie/news/remembering-war-dead/\|website=Jesuits in Ireland\|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref>

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	He was seconded for service with the Indian Army in the rank of Lt. 31st October 1919.<ref> SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 DECEMBER, 1919.</ref> On the 13th November 1919 he was appointed on probation to the Indian Army as a Captain,<ref> London Gazette 3 August 1920 - "The KING has approved the appointment of the undermentioned officer to the Indian Army on probation: — To be Captain. Capt. John Vincent Holland, V.C., 3rd Bn. Leins. R., attd., Combined Depot Mahratta L.I., 27th Nov. 1919, but to rank from 13th Nov. 1919.</ref> an appointment that was confirmed on the 27th November 1920. In September 1922 he retired from the army.		He was seconded for service with the Indian Army in the rank of Lt. 31st October 1919.<ref> SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 DECEMBER, 1919.</ref> On the 13th November 1919 he was appointed on probation to the Indian Army as a Captain,<ref> London Gazette 3 August 1920 - "The KING has approved the appointment of the undermentioned officer to the Indian Army on probation: — To be Captain. Capt. John Vincent Holland, V.C., 3rd Bn. Leins. R., attd., Combined Depot Mahratta L.I., 27th Nov. 1919, but to rank from 13th Nov. 1919.</ref> an appointment that was confirmed on the 27th November 1920. In September 1922 he retired from the army.
	At the outbreak of the Second World War, Holland again commissioned, serving as administrative officer of the [[79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]],<ref>Col J.D. Sainsbury, ''The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 2: The Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1938–1945 and the Searchlight Battery 1937–1945; Part 3: The Post-war Units 1947–2002'', Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 2003, {{ISBN\|0-948527-06-4}}, Appendix 3.</ref> then re-joined the Indian Army but was invalided out in 1941. He then took up a position with the Ministry of Food.<ref>{{cite web\|title=John Vincent Holland V.C.\|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm\|accessdate=5 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> In 1956, Holland and his wife emigrated to [[Hobart]], in [[Tasmania]].		At the outbreak of the Second World War, Holland again commissioned, serving as administrative officer of the [[79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]],<ref>Col J.D. Sainsbury, ''The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 2: The Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1938–1945 and the Searchlight Battery 1937–1945; Part 3: The Post-war Units 1947–2002'', Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 2003, {{ISBN\|0-948527-06-4}}, Appendix 3.</ref> then re-joined the Indian Army but was invalided out in 1941. He then took up a position with the Ministry of Food.<ref>{{cite web\|title=John Vincent Holland V.C.\|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm\|accessdate=5 July 2016}}</ref> In 1956, Holland and his wife emigrated to [[Hobart]], in [[Tasmania]].

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'''John Vincent Holland''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (19 July 1889 – 27 February 1975), was World War I Irish soldier, and the recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Early life and education==
Holland was born into a middle-class family in [[Athy]], [[County Kildare]], the son of veterinary surgeon John Holland and Catherine Peppard.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Vincent Holland V.C.|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm|accessdate=5 July 2022}}</ref> He was educated first at [[Clongowes Wood College]] and later at [[Liverpool University]], and was one of 600 Old Clongovians to enlist in the army during World War One.<ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering the War Dead|url=http://www.jesuit.ie/news/remembering-war-dead/|website=Jesuits in Ireland|accessdate=5 July 2022}}</ref>

==World War 1==
On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the 2nd [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|Life Guards]] in November 1914 undergoing his training in Cumbermere Barracks Windsor. After a short time with the Life Guards he was granted a commission with the 3rd Battalion of the Leinster Regiment.<ref>THE LONDON GAZETTE, 12 FEBRUARY, 1915 - INFANTRY. The undermentioned Cadets and ex-Cadets of the Officers Training Corps to be Second Lieutenants (on probation) : — Dated 13th February, 1915. John Vincent Holland, 3rd Battalion, Leinster Regiment</ref> In March 1915 he was attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was then wounded in August and returned to England and Ireland to convalesce, but it wasn't long until he was back in France and back with the 7th Battalion Leinster Regiment serving as battalion [[grenade|bombing]] officer.

On 3 September 1916, during the [[Battle of the Somme|Somme Offensive]], whilst engaged in intense combat in the vicinity of the village of [[Guillemont]], Holland was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for the following action:

''"During a heavy engagement, Lt. Holland, not content with bombing hostile dug-outs, fearlessly led his troops through our own artillery barrage and cleared a great part of the village in front. He started out with 26 troops and finished with only five after capturing some 50 prisoners. By this gallant action he undoubtedly broke the spirit of the enemy and saved many casualties."''<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 29802|date=26 October 1916|page=10394 |supp=y}}</ref>

Holland was subsequently promoted to Captain. During the war he was also [[Mentioned in Dispatches]] and received a personal "Hickie Parchment" from his Divisional General-Officer-Commanding, Major-General [[William Hickie]], in recognition of his bravery in action.

==Later life==
In 1917, Holland married Frances Grogan at the cathedral in [[Cork City]]. Together they had two sons: Major Niall V. Holland (d. 1944), who was killed in Burma during the Second World War and Norman J. Holland.

He was seconded for service with the Indian Army in the rank of Lt. 31st October 1919.<ref> SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 DECEMBER, 1919.</ref> On the 13th November 1919 he was appointed on probation to the Indian Army as a Captain,<ref> London Gazette 3 August 1920 - "The KING has approved the appointment of the undermentioned officer to the Indian Army on probation: — To be Captain. Capt. John Vincent Holland, V.C., 3rd Bn. Leins. R., attd., Combined Depot Mahratta L.I., 27th Nov. 1919, but to rank from 13th Nov. 1919.</ref> an appointment that was confirmed on the 27th November 1920. In September 1922 he retired from the army.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Holland again commissioned, serving as administrative officer of the [[79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]],<ref>Col J.D. Sainsbury, ''The Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiments, Royal Artillery, Part 2: The Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1938–1945 and the Searchlight Battery 1937–1945; Part 3: The Post-war Units 1947–2002'', Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 2003, {{ISBN|0-948527-06-4}}, Appendix 3.</ref> then re-joined the Indian Army but was invalided out in 1941. He then took up a position with the Ministry of Food.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Vincent Holland V.C.|url=http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/holland.htm|accessdate=5 July 2022}}</ref> In 1956, Holland and his wife emigrated to [[Hobart]], in [[Tasmania]].

==Death==
Holland died in Hobart in February 1975 at the age of 86. His body was buried in [[Cornelian Bay Cemetery]], with military honours. His wife, Frances, pre-deceased him, dying in 1960. Holland lived to see the birth of his great-grandchild.

==Tribute==
On 3 September 2009 a memorial plaque was unveiled at Guillemont Church in France dedicated to the memory of the three soldiers who won Victoria Crosses in the fighting at the village during the Somme in 1916, Holland's name being one of the three.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gliddon|first1=Gerald|title=VCs of the First World War: Somme 1916|year=2012|url=https://archive.org/details/vcsoffirstworldw0000glid|url-access=registration}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041215002122/http://www.kildare.ie/hospitality/historyandheritage/AthyHeritage/J.V.Holland.html John Vincent Holland VC 1889-1975] ''(Brief biography and details of town hall presentation)''
* {{cite TIWW |article=Holland, Captain John Vincent |page=112 }}

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