World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Joseph Holland
Forename(s):
Joseph
Surname:
Holland
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
2592
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
21/06/1916
Aged:
20
Buried:
Boulogne East Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Arrived in France on 21 April 1915 in the middle of the Second Battle of Ypres during which the 1/7th Battalion suffered heavy casualties during fierce fighting.
In May & June 1916 the battalion was in & out of front line trenches below the Messine-Wytschaete Ridge to the east of Ypres. The battalion carried out raids & active patrols & suffered from heavy trench mortaring. Holland was one of the casualties in this period.
He was sent back to Boulogne, one of the chief hospital areas during the war, but died of wounds received.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 12)
Background:
Born in 1896, at Warkworth, Northumberland, the sixth child William Holland, by his wife, Mary Holland (née Wood).
Holland's mother died in 1901, following which William & the children returned to live with his parents. By 1911 Holland was still living with his father & grandparents & labouring alongside them on a farm at Widdrington. By the end of WW1 his father had relocated to Pant Cottage, Felton, Northumberland.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Farm Labourer.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 12)
Local Memorial:
Felton War Memorial incorporating Acton, Eshott, Swarland & Thirston.