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Hollis
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Stanley E. Hollis Memorial
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Last month I was privileged to visit France and the beaches at Normandy where the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) began the decisive defeat of Nazism and the liberation of Europe. Although the weather was unseasonably cold and rainy with a chilly Channel wind, I was able to find the tiny village of Crepon, near Arromanches, where the valor of Stanley E. Hollis- the only Allied soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions that day-- is remembered still. Hollis' statue -dedicated in 1996- many years after his death, recognizes the British sergeant major's heroic actions, and the advance of the Green Howards-a famed British unit from Yorkshire-- after the landings. In fact, the Green Howards made the greatest gains of any Allied unit inland against entrenched German resistance that day. I have not proved a direct familial link with Stanley Hollis (1912-1972) but my father's middle name was "Loftus" (Everett L. Hollis) and perhaps it is just coincidence that Stanley Hollis was born in Middlebrough/Teeside a coastal town near Loftus on the North Sea. Incidentally, during WWII, Everett Hollis served as a US Navy officer aboard troop transports which often docked at nearby Edinburgh and Glascow Ev's maternal grandfather was John Loftus, who lived in Galashiels, Scotland before emigrating to the US in the 1880s. With these known linkages and more than a little gratitude for the sacrifices of those who have gone before, I am likely to return to retrace their steps in Northern England/Scotland before long. (See photos attached which are free for re-publication with appropriate credit) For additional info on Stanley Hollis link to Man the Nazis could not kill: A giant with a volcanic temper, he shot 100 enemy and won a VC - but hated being a hero
Submitted by: Nicholas E. Hollis
Heritage Preservation Committee
Washington, D.C.
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