BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ROBERT AND SARAH ANN HOLLAND, OF 39, NEW GERGE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 92, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). FORMER DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 119 LBS WEIGHT
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 07/12/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26754, EYR. ARRIVED FRANCE, ON 03/08/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. REPORTED WOUNDED, AND MISSING, ON 03/12/1917, AGED 25. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 361 DAYS,
UNMARRIED. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER, ROBERT AND SISTERS, AGNES AND MARY ELLEN HOLLAND, WHO ALL LIVED AT 1, ROSEDALE AVENUE, UPTON STREET, DANSOM LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).