DD418 Gold Beach Company Sgt. Major Stanley Hollis V.C. New Release reflecting strict safety and discipline

reflecting strict safety and discipline requirements

Spartan military culture placed enormous emphasis on discipline

This figure portrays a Heer ammunition carrier transporting vital supplies to frontline troops

but impressively by 1778 this branch of service was well regulated and effective

DD418 Gold Beach Company Sgt. Major Stanley Hollis V.C. New Release reflecting strict safety and disciplineDD418 CSM Stan. Hollis (1912 1972) was the only British serviceman to be awarded Britains highest millitary honour for his actions on D. Day, June 6, 1944. Stan enlisted in the Territorial Army in 1939 and joined The Green Howards who were sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force (B. E. F.) in 1940. He was promoted from Lance Corporal to Sergeant during the Dunkirk evacuation. He was then sent to North Africa as part of the British