In Memory Of
HOLBORN, JOHN SIMPSON
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
1882-12-31
Service No:
X/15
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Unit:
4th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-04-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
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"
Son of James and Isabella Laidlaw Holborn, of Ravenscraig Farm, Greenock. Born Gourock, Scotland. Served with South African Constabulary in Boer War
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