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Vice Admiral Lancelot Ernest Holland, CB (13 September 1887 – 24 May 1941) commanded the British force in the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 against the German battleship ''Bismarck''. Holland was killed during the battle. ==Early life== Admiral Holland was one of six sons and a daughter of a doctor who was also a brewer for the firm Hunt Edmunds. He was born in Middleton Cheney and was raised in the Banbury area. He entered the Royal Navy on 15 May 1902. On leaving HMS ''Britannia'' in September 1903, he was drafted to the China Station to join HMS ''Eclipse''. He served in the Far East until August 1905, the later part of his time there being spent in HMS ''Hampshire''. Returning home, he saw brief service during the summer of 1908 in the Admiralty surveying ship HMS ''Research''. But the surveying service proved not to be Holland's forte and three years later on 14 September 1911 the young Lieutenant Holland joined HMS ''Excellent'', the Royal Navy's gunnery school at Whale Island, Portsmouth to start the 'Long Course' which would qualify him as a lieutenant (G). Having qualified as a gunnery lieutenant and gone on to take the advanced gunnery course at Greenwich, Holland sat out the years of First World War in a teaching role aboard HMS ''Excellent''. He was promoted to commander on 31 December 1919 and captain on 30 June 1926. During the period May 1929 to February 1931, Holland was flag captain to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron, aboard HMS ''Hawkins''. From May 1931 to September 1932, Holland headed the British Naval Mission to Greece. As a rear admiral he was flag captain aboard the battleship HMS ''Revenge'' from July 1934 to July 1935. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lancelot Holland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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