In Memory Of

HOLLAND, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1920-03-29
Service No:
 80116
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-09-14
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster W4169, target Focke-Wulf aircraft factories in Bremen, Germany, shot down by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer (III./NJG 1) flying a Messerschmitt Bf110 night-fighter, crashed at Emst Holland
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 622.
Cemetery:
 EPE GENERAL CEMETERY
Country:
 Netherlands
Additional Information
Son of John Southern Holland and Joan Holland, of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Dorah Gwendolynn Holland. Entered Milner House in September, 1934. After leaving Plumtree in August 1937, he worked at Umtali as a clerk and apprentice auctioneer. He attested in the R.A.F. in July 1940, and proceeded overseas for training. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour