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Frank Holloway

Фрэнк Холлоуэй

1916 – 1945

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Biography

Captain Frank Holloway led a company of the Sherwood Foresters from Normandy through the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands into Germany. He was awarded the Military Cross for leading a river crossing under heavy fire. He was killed just weeks before VE Day near Bremen in April 1945.

Biography (Russian)

Капитан Фрэнк Холлоуэй командовал ротой Шервудских лесничих от Нормандии через освобождение Бельгии и Нидерландов до Германии. Был награждён Военным крестом за руководство форсированием реки под сильным огнём. Погиб за несколько недель до Дня Победы под Бременом в апреле 1945 года.

Awards & Decorations

★Military Cross
★1939-1945 Star
★France and Germany Star

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Unit

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Theaters of war

NormandyNorthwest EuropeBattle of Berlin

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