In Memory of Captain CYRIL HOLLAND Royal Field Artillery who died on 09 May 1915 Eldest son of playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, and Constance Lloyd Wilde, later Holland. Remembered with honour ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE Captain Cyril Holland, RFA Born in 5 June 1885, the son of Oscar Wilde Educated at St. Peter's College, Radley from Lent 1899 to 1903 (was a Prefect, played on the college VIII in 1902 and Boxing in 1902-03. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Woolwich Commissioned as a 2nd Lieut, RFA on 20 December 1905 Promoted to Lieutenant on 20 December 1908 Served in India from September 1911 until 1914; was serving with No. 9 Ammunition Column, RFA at Secunderabad, India in August 1914. Promoted to Captain, 30 October 1914 Killed by a sniper near Neuville-St.Vaast on 9 May 1915 Sources: Radley Register, 1847-1933; Radley Register, 1847-1947; List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1862-1914; various ARmy Lists.
