1. Decoration: General Service Medal 1918

Gazette Date: 1940-01-24

Gazette Issue: Medal Roll WO 100/509

Gazette Page: 262

Theatre: Middle East

Citation: Clasp: Palestine, 1936- 1939.

2. Decoration: Mention in Despatches

Gazette Date: 1940-12-20

Gazette Issue: 35020

Gazette Page: 7197

Theatre: B.E.F. France & Flanders

Citation: BEF. Location shown as in the field. No. shown as 3903978 on this LG. Correct No. 3907978.

Date Killed:	26th May 1940
Company:	5 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery:	STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY COMINES-WARNETON BELGIUM
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Surname:	Holden
Initials:	C.A.S.
Rank:	Sergeant
Army No.:	3907978
Notes:	CMP. He was born in London SE and resided in London and formerly served in the South Wales Borderers. Killed in Action when HQ 5 Division was bombed. Info from RMP Journal, 1 quarter page 163. 5 Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 167/253/ 1/6/1940 Capt J Bower, DAPM 5 Division, Company disembark fro Dunkirk successfully but are scattered over the United Kingdom. Casualties were 1 killed, Sgt Holden, 1 wounded L/Cpl Smith, 1 missing, L/Cpl Trueman subsequently reported a a POW.. (See A Dunkirk Story (Part I) by Lt/Col J A T Bower, RMP Journal, 4th quarter, 1962, page 110). Inscription on gravestone: You are not lost but gone before to welcome us in heaven. Casualty Lists 226, BEF France, Killed in Action, date not reported, (26/5/1940). Charles Arthur Stephen Holden.