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Jan 23, 2008 · Date of Death: 09/05/1915 Additional information: Eldest son of playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, and Constance Lloyd Wilde, later Holland. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
May 9, 2015 · Today we remember two Radleians who fell on the Western Front.Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde), E Social 1898. Captain, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge, probably at Festubert.
Cause of death. Killed in action. Nationality. British. Parents. Oscar Wilde (father) Constance Lloyd (mother) Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde, 5 June 1885 – 9 May 1915) was the older of the two sons of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland.
Feb 25, 2023 · On the ninth of May in 1915, he was killed in action in Festubert, a small town in the French Third Republic. His death was a blow to his family and his country, for he was not just a soldier, but a symbol of hope and inspiration. Today, Cyril Holland is remembered as a hero, a man who gave his life for his country and his comrades.
When the First World War broke out, Captain Holland was posted back to Europe and took part in the battle for Neuve-Chapelle, where he was killed by a German sniper on 9 May 1915, during the Battle of Festubert. He is buried at Street Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l"Avoué.
