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| Edward James Gibson Holand was born in Ottawa on 2nd Feb 1878, his family having come from County Kildare in Ireland. He, at the age of 22, was one of three men of the Royal Canadian Dragoons who was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour during the South African War in 1900. The citation reads: 'On 7th Nov 1900 Sergeant Holland kept the Boers away from two 12-pounder guns with his Colt gun. When he saw that the enemy were too near for him to escape with the carriage as the horse was blown, he calmly lifted the gun off and galloped away with it under his arm.' Holland's career progressed to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died in Cobalt, Ontario on 18th June 1948, aged 70. |
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