193 www.on.legion.ca HOLLAND, Cecil Private Cecil Holland was born in Suffolk, England in 1897 of unknown parents. As a Bernardo Home child, he was sent to Canada and resided initially at the Dr. Bernardo Home for Boys in Toronto, Ontario. The policy of the Bernardo Homes was to lodge able bodied boys with a farm family, which for Cecil was in Erin Township, Ontario. Cecil Holland enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Guelph, Ontario on November 22, 1915, with the Wellington County 153rd Battalion. The Battalion for a time for logistical purposes had companies training in a number of county towns. Pte. Cecil Holland was assigned to the village of Erin. InApril 1916, he became seriously ill and transported to the General Hospital in Guelph. He was operated on for appendicitis, but the operation was not a successful one, and the young soldier, only 18 years of age, died at the Hospital the same day, April 20, 1916. As the Erin Advocate reported, although his death did not occur on the battlefield, he is to be honoured as one who has made the supreme sacrifice. He was buried with full military honours in Guelph. HOLLINGSHEAD, George Herbert George Herbert Hollingshead was born in Fairfield, Derbyshire, England, on October 24, 1893. George came to Canada before World War I and on January 27, 1915, he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, in Alexandria, Ontario. He was 22 years old and single. Private George Hollingshead sailed with his unit from Montreal aboard the SS Caledonian on August 1, 1915, disembarking in Bermuda ten days later to take on garrison duties. The Battalion left Bermuda in May 1916 aboard the SS Grampian, disembarking in England on June 9, 1916 and crossing to France two months later to become part of the 4th Canadian Division. During this service in France, then Corporal Hollingshead suffered an injury to his foot and was declared medically unfit for further military service. He returned to Canada to be discharged on January 31, 1918. A lifelong bachelor, George settled in Matchedash, near Coldwater, Ontario where he was known as “Rabbit Man” due to his interest in breeding rabbits. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Coldwater Branch 270 for twenty years. George passed away on November 8, 1984, at the age of 91. He is buried in the Coldwater Cemetery. HOLLINGSHEAD, Roy Roy was born in Queensville, Ontario, on March 4, 1892. In October 1915, a Home Guard was formed inAurora, and conducted weekly drills at the Armoury, in which Roy took part. On November 8, 1915, Roy enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada for the 95th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F., and sailed with his unit aboard the SS Olympic on May 31, 1916. He was transferred to the 3rd Infantry Battalion on September 16, 1916, and was on the front lines by October 4, during the Battle of Ancre Heights. His unit saw action at The Somme, Arras, and Vimy Ridge, where Roy was killed in action on April 9, 1917. He was 25 years old. Roy is buried at Écoivres Military Cemetery, MontSt. Eloi, France. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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