Service Details
Name:
 HOLBORN
Given Name:
 JOHN SIMPSON
Initials:
 J S
Service No:
 X/15
Rank:
 Company Sergeant Major
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-17
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Date of Birth:
 1882-12-31
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M M, M S M
Citations:
 MM LG Sup 9 July 1917 pg. 6845, MSM LG Sup 12 March 1917 - "For gallantry in the performance of military duty - During a course of instruction in live grenade throwing, a N.C.O. threw a live mills bomb which lodged in the parapet of the trench just above his head. L/Cpl Holborn pushed the man aside & grasping the bomb threw it over the parapet thus averting a most serious accident & probably saving several lives. Deed performed at Borden 23 July 1916"
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Isabella Laidlaw Holborn, of Ravenscraig Farm, Greenock. Born Gourock, Scotland. Served with South African Constabulary in Boer War
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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