Memorial details

Memorial type
Sculptured / Cast figure
District
North Yorkshire
Town
Middlesbrough
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), VC or GC Recipients
Maker
Brian Alabaster
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: November 2015
    Attended by: Peter Scrope, Vice Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76394

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Current location

On the open space in front of the Dorman Museum.
Park Road
Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
TS5 6AA
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 49174 19131
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Cast bronze slightly larger than life crouched figure of CSM Stanley Hollis VC in Battledress, 1937 Pattern Equipment and Steel Helmet advancing with a STEN Sub-Machine Gun. Stands on circular polished marble plinth. Six polished marble orientation panels with sloping faces and two square pedestals at entrance. Bronze plaque bearing etched Victoria Cross in entrance. inside are bronze panels bearing etched Victoria Cross and badge of the Green Howards. The whole in circular paved area with series of bronze plaques set in the paving all around.
Inscription
COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR / STANLEY ELTON HOLLIS VC / 1912-1972/ THE ONLY SERVICEMAN TO BE AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS ON D-DAY FOR HIS GALLANTRY ON GOLD / BEACH AT MOUNT FLEURY BATTERY AND IN THE VILLAGE OF CREPON, DURING THE ALLIED INVASION OF / NORMANDIE ON 6 JUNE 1944. / THE INCREDIBLY BRAVE YET MODEST FAMILY MAN WAS BORN AT ARCHIBALD STREET, MIDDLESBROUGH/ ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1912./ A NEVER-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN LEADER, PROTECTOR AND INSPIRATION TO HIS COMRADES.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hollis, Stanley Elton
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, date of birth, place of birth, additional, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, date of birth, place of birth, additional, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: About £150,000 altogether

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Commissioned by Stanley Hollis VC Memorial Fund Committee led by retired businessman Brian Bage.

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