Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II Holbrook akanga ari murayiridzi muzvombo, Home Forces. Akanga ari mukuru mukuru we73rd Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery panguva yeNorth Africa Campaign pakati pa1942 na1943. Akatungamirira 6th Army Group Royal Artillery panguva yeAllied invasion yeSicily
uye gare gare muItaly. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mubatiri webrigadier musi wa5 Kubvumbi 1943 uye kuva brigadier wenguva pfupi musi wa5 Gumiguru 1943. Akataurwa nezvake mumashoko echikamu chechipiri musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 1944, uye muna Zvita 1944 akaiswa semukuru weBritish Empire Order. Pakupera kwehondo akanga ari mutungamiri weboka reRoyal Artillery III Corps. Pakati paApril 1949 naDecember 1951 Holbrook akashanda semubatsiri weGeorge VI, mushure mezvo akasiya basa.