| Surname: | Holl |
| Initials: | S H |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 379 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and War Medals and Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Army order 90 of 1906. First served abroad (1) France, 7/11/1914. 17/9/87 Enlisted in the 7 Dragoon Guards, No. 3560. 17/9/1887, formerly served in the 1 Leicestershire Volunteers, transferred to MMP 19/9/1894. He was born in Hardwick, Manchester, occupation Warehouse man. Served Home 17/9/1887 to 17/9/1898, India 18/9/1888 to 8/3/1893, Egypt 9/5/1893 to 14/1/1897, Home 15/1/1897 to 20/10/1899, South Africa 29/10/1899 to 4/7/1900, Home 5/7/1900 to 16/9/1908, to discharge at Aldershot age 41 years, served 18 years, conduct Exemplary. Awarded the Long Service & good Conduct Medal. Re enlisted 11/9/1914. Served Home 11/9/1914 to 5/11/1914, BEF 6/11/1914 to 15/9/1917, Home 16/9/1917 to 28/10/1918. He was then a Sgt. A/SSM. First served abroad (1) France, 7/11/1914. His home address in 1919 was 26 Bond St, Hinckley, Leicestershire. 30/7/1918 he was awarded 27/6 pension, then 5/6 from 30/7/1919, to be reviewed in 48 weeks. 7/4/1901 he married Florence Amy Fairchild at Ash, Surrey, they had 1 child. Info from Pension Index Cards:- Holl, Samuel Hurst, MMP, 379, Sgt, 27/6/1918 discharged, born 1868, married, 52 Lower Bond Street, Hinckley, Leicester, disability emphysema, last entry 8/11/1922, disability 20%, 5/6 + 2/00 for wife from 27/12/1922 to 25/12/1923. Also: Hull, Samuel Hurst, MMP, 379, 7/MH/4937, 27/6/1918, CL 9913, DEAD 22/11/1935, 56 Lower Bond Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Stamp: Ad 19/6/1918 at 27/6 from 28/6/1918 to 14/7/1918, Chelsea No. VV50, received 18/6/1918. Samuel Hurst Holl. He has the same No. as L/Cpl T C Bouchard MFP. Extract from the Leicester Evening Mail 25 November 1916. HINCKLEY MEN HONOURED. Three more military medallists. News is to hand that three more Hinckley soldiers have been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, the recipients being Sergt. Major S H Holl, Military Mounted Police. Company and Sergt. Major F H Bedford, and Sergt. H Bott, both of the Wiltshire Regiment. Extract from the Leicester Chronicle 2 December 1916. HINCLEY DISTRICT - Hinckley. Military Medallists, - Hinckley soldiers at the front continue t9o add to their already creditable record of awards. Three more of their number have been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, the recipients being:- Sergt-Major S H Holl (spelt Holt) of the Military Mounted Police, Company Sergt. Major F H Bedford and Sgt H Bott, both of the Wiltshire Regiment. Extract from the Leicestershire Daily Post 8 July 1915. Hinckley. RAOB - A meeting of the Marshall Hall Lodge was held on Tuesday evening. It was opened by Primo T Ratt with Bro. Bennett in the C.M. Chair, both gentlemen being in uniform. The business of the lodge having been disposed o, the l.H. was welcomed with acclamation. Bro. Peacock opened the entertainment with a well rendered ,military march on the dominoes, followed by "Boys in Khaki, Boys in Blue," sung by Bro. Humphries. Then entered unexpectedly Primo S H Holl, sergeant in the Military Mounted Police, just returned from the front. Naturally in his case fines were dispensed with and a toll collected from the brethren. Then, on the proposition of Primo M. Hyslop, seconded by Bro. I Smith, Sergeant Holl entertained the lodge with an account of his experiences during his absence on military service. The brethren were gratified to hear from Primo Holl that although far from the Marshall Hall lodge, he had not forgotten Buffaloism, and that he with others had founded another lodge, called "8th Divisional War Lodge." and in spite of the conditions prevailing, it was carried on successfully for the benefit of the Order. He went into a lengthy description of the first RAPB ambulance car and explained that while providing the car, brethren of the Order had not fo5rgotten to make provision for the wear and tear, Primo Holl then gave his own original toast which he forwarded from the front at Christmas "To the Absent Ones.". The lodge closed with due form and harmony. Extract from the Leicester Daily Post 25 November 1916. HINCKLEY MILITRY MEDALLISTS. Three More Recipients. Hinckley soldiers at the front continue to add to their already creditable record of awards. News is to hand that three more of their number has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, the recipients being: Sergtr.-Major S. Holl, of the Military Mounted Police. Sergt. Major S. H Holl is a well known Hinckley man. He volunteered his services to the Army soon after the outbreak of war and was promptly accepted, having considerable previous Army experience and holds the Good Conduct and Long Service Medal. It is understood that his decoration is the result of the gallant way in which he led him men on to the battlefield to bring in prisoners. Holl went through the South African War and brought home a number of trophies, including a Boer shell, which for the past two years served as a collecting box at Hinckley Constitutional Club, of which Holl is a member, for cigarettes for the troops in France. Prior to the outbreak of war he was employed at the hosiery warehouse of Messrs. Simpkin, Son, and Emery, Hinckley. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Military Medal (London Gazette: 29819 Page: 10924 Nov. 11, 1916) |
| Citation: | France & Flanders. Serving with HQ 8 Division. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: QSA Medal Roll WO100/234 Page: 191 Aug. 23, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Paardeburgh, Dreifontain, Relief of Kimberley. |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO329/3243 Page: List MPC 68 July 21, 1918) |
| Citation: | Badge No. 418482. Enlisted 11/9/1914, discharged 27/6/1918. Army Order 265 of 1917. Sec B. Age 50 years 4 months. Served abroad. |