Sir David Ronald Holmes,
CMG,
CBE,
MC,
ED,
JP (, 26 December 1913 – 14 June 1981) was a
British colonial government official who served in
Hong Kong from 1938. In the
Second World War, he was assigned to the
British Army Aid Group where he actively took part in a series of guerilla actions in the
Far East to resist the
Japanese Army and to rescue
prisoners of war from the Japanese detention camps. His contribution was recognized by the British government and he was decorated for a number of times. After the war, Holmes played a significant role in reconstructing Hong Kong. In 1954, he was appointed to establish the
Resettlement Department, a governmental department which was responsible for constructing
resettlement estates for the homeless refugees. Later on he successively served as the Director of
Urban Services, the New Territories' District Commissioner and the Director of Commerce and Industry.