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    Stanley Elton Hollis VC (21 September 1912 – 8 February 1972) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for...
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    Sergeant-Major Stanley Hollis earned the only Victoria Cross to be bestowed for actions on D-Day. On the way to the Mont Fleury Battery, Hollis came under...
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    following day in the Battle of Port-en-Bessin. Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis received the only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day for his actions including...
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    section of the Gustav Line. On 6 June 1944, Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, in one of several actions that day, used a PIAT in an attack against...
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  • Hollis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Adrian Hollis (1940–2013), English classical scholar and correspondence...
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    Lincolnshire Regiment 1944-02-1616 February 1944* Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma Stanley Hollis Green Howards 1944-06-066 June 1944 Normandy, France David Hornell No...
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    on the Meuvaines ridge. During this advance Company Sergeant-Major Stanley Hollis of the 6th Green Howards was in the first of the actions that were to...
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  • French consulate in Beirut. Picot was advised by the American consul, Stanley Hollis, to destroy his secret papers but refused to do so. Picot, who thought...
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    September 1916 George Hollis NOR-2.2Farrier 0088th King's Royal Irish Hussars Indian Mutiny 1858-06-1717 June 1858 Stanley Hollis NOR-8.2Company Sergeant...
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  • (September 7, 2006). "Hollis Gentry III, 51; San Diego saxophone legend". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 20 November 2017. Hollis Gentry, III interview...
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