Harold Hardwicke Clake Holderness, DSO, DFC, AFC (6 January 1915 – 21 March 2007)[1] was a lawyer and liberal politician in Southern Rhodesia, who was also a highly decorated wartime RAF Coastal Command pilot.
Holderness attacked an enemy vessel in the Skagerrak, and in November, 1944, he bombed a beached U boat.
As a pilot and as squadron commander this officer has always displayed outstanding determination, leadership and courage.
[9]After the war he returned to Southern Rhodesia and became a leading lawyer, and in 1948 married Elspeth Macdiarmid with whom he had two daughters.
[1][10] He was a strong advocate for full racial equality, founding in 1953 the Interracial Association of Southern Rhodesia.