Awards & Winners

Stanley Hollis

Date of Birth 21-September-1912
Place of Birth Middlesbrough
(United Kingdom, Middlesbrough Borough Council, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories, North Yorkshire)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Stanley Elton Hollis VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He has the unique distinction of receiving the only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day.

Awards by Stanley Hollis

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1944


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 6th June, 1944 as Company Sergeant-Major in the 6th Battalion, Green Howards, British Army during the Second World War.)