Lieutenant-Colonel K.M. Holloway
Royal Canadian Regiment

This Officer has had long and distinguished service in the Canadian Permanent Militia. He served with his regiment and on the staff during the 1914-18 war and thereafter held various staff appointments throughout Canada … Since the outbreak of the present war he has been actively engaged in the training and education of the active reserve army.

 His instruction and organizing ability, combined with his never flagging keenness, understanding of condition, and helpful attitude, have placed him very high in the regard of all ranks. His zeal and industry are outstanding.

 (O.B.E. citation, 9 January 1943)

Born in Montreal 26 February 1890, Kenneth Maitland Holloway was a First World War veteran who had assumed command of the Royal Canadian Regiment in 1938. He had been commissioned in the Permanent Force since January 1912 and went to France with the regiment in November 1915.

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