I would like to make a request through the Argus letters pages.

Firstly a very brief history of a Brighton man.

Henry Holden was born in Brighton in the 1830s and decided to go to America and fight in The American Civil War.

When that war ended, he stayed in America and joined the army. Eventually he joined the 7th Cavalry under General Custer.

Holden took part in the very Famous Battle of the Bighorn, in which Custer was killed.

Holden, through his brave efforts, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour, the highest US honour for bravery.

You can imagine the fear of the soldiers being attacked by around 4,000 native Indian warriors.

He later returned to Brighton where he lived in Whitehawk Road. He died in 1905.

I have been trying to get his name on one of our buses as I firmly believe he deserves that recognition. I have been trying on and off for four or five years.

I am now appealing to all the Argus readers to write to the bus depot in Conway Street in an effort to get his name on a bus.

I appreciate people don’t know about Henry Holden, but then I don’t know anything about a lot of people who have their names on the local buses.

Please help.

David Rowland
Harvest Close, Telscombe Cliffs