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Cpl. Jeffrey Edward Holland MID.

British Army 21st Regt. Special Air Service

from:London

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Jeffrey Holland was mobilised with the Royal West Kent Regiment on the 1st of September 1939, he was 17 years old. He saw action in France, Malta, North Africa, Palestine, Syria, Dodecanese Islands, Castelorizzo and Leros. He was held in Stalag VIIA until its liberation by Patton's 3rd Army in April 1945. He served until April 1946 and lost his younger brother, F/Sgt. R.J. Holland (RAF), on 6th of October 1944, who is buried in Airborne Cemetery, Oosterbeek.

The Aegean Mission: Allied Operations in the Dodecanese, 1943 is a book written by Jeffrey Holland in an attempt to understand what is known as "The Dodecanese Disaster". Jeffrey passed away in Fairfax, Virginia in 1993. He is survived by seven children from three different marriages. Images from his war time log have been included for this project.

Hand-drawn map of Stalag VIIA

Nationalities at the camp

Illustration, toilet humor

Theater group



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