PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: HOLLAND, David Charles DOB: 1925, 1st Quarter Place of Birth: Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire Residence: Bootle, West Derby, Lancashire Trade/Profession before enlistment: Parents: David C. and Marie E. Holland nee Moore, of Gwespyr, Flintshire, married 1923 3rd Quarter West Derby, Lancashire Photo: SERVICE Army/Personal Number: 2723771 Rank: Guardsman Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 2nd Armoured Battalion As at 01/09/1939: Enlisted: Soldier's Will: CASUALTY CWGC Link: Casualty Details CWGC Certificate: Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Date of Death: 02/10/1944 Age at Death: 19 Casualty Type: Killed in Action Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY Cemetery Plan: Cemetery Photo: Grave Reference: 11. A. 12. Headstone Photo: Grave Registration: Grave Concentration: Headstone: Reburial Date: 12/09/1945 Original Burial Place / Map Reference: Sheet 6 NW, Map Ref 712653 Inscription: "He died for freedom That we might live in peace." Army Casualty List (WO 417): 2723771 Guardsman Holland D C 1944 Irish Guards The Times Casualty List: published PRISONER/MISSING Missing Personnel File Details: MEDALS Campaign Medals: Medal Roll Details: REFERENCES War Diaries: War Diary: 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan - Dec 1944 Archive Files: WO 417 Publications: Accounts: War Memorial: Newspaper: Websites: Irish Guards: Roll of Honour - WWII Open Resource Group ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK war cemetery, holland "Little Sense of Urgency" (2014) - Used Sources
