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20780   Private Joshua Holland
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 10/08/2021
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth: 17/07/1891
Died: 01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age: 24
Summary      
Joshua Holland was the son of Joshua and Elizabeth Holland. He was born on 17th July 1891 at Greystone, County Tyrone. His father died when he was six. By 1911, 19 year old Joshua was living and working in Carrowbeg, Benburb, Tyrone. He was working as a servant for the Irwin family. Private Joshua Holland was with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action at the Somme on the 1st July 1916, age 24.
Further Information
Joshua Holland was the son of Joshua and Elizabeth Holland. Joshua Holland and Elizabeth McMullan were married on 6th December 1887 in the district of Dungannon.
Joshua Holland was born on 17th July 1891 at Greystone, County Tyrone, within a mile of the Cumberland brothers. He was the second of four children, three surviving.
Family: Joshua Holland, Elizabeth Holland, Robert John Holland (born 13th June 1889), Joshua Holland (born 17th July 1891), Mary Ellen Holland (born 22nd November 1893), Thomas Holland (born 16th May 1896, died 3rd February 1901, age 4).
Joshua’s father died on 4th March 1897 in the Dungannon area, aged 35. Joshua was six years old.
The 1901 census records Joshua as 9 years old and living with the family at Mullintor, Minterburn, Tyrone. His father had died. His mother was a domestic servant.
By 1911, 19 year old Joshua was living and working in Carrowbeg, Benburb, Tyrone. He was working as a servant for the Irwin family.
Joshua Holland enlisted at Randalstown.
Medal card
Private Holland arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
Private Joshua Holland was with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action at the Somme on the 1st July 1916, age 24.
Private Joshua Holland has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
Private Joshua Holland is commemorated locally on the Roll of Honour in Brantry Parish Church.
Private Joshua Holland is also commemorated on Dungannon War Memorial.
The CWGC notes that he was the son of Mrs Bessie Ferguson, of Guinness Cottage, Caledon, County Tyrone, which intimates that his mother remarried.
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Relevant Dungannon Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Mullintor, Minterburn Caledon Census listing in Mullintor, Minterburn 54.39745 -6.844683
GRONI References
TYPE - B:Birth M:Marriage D:Death | GRONI | SIBLING: brother or sister | NOTES: spelling inconsistencies, etc.
Date Type Surname First name Relationship GRONI Ref Notes
06/12/1887 M McMullan Elizabeth Parent M/1887/T1/1434/2/5
06/12/1887 M Holland Joshua Parent M/1887/T1/1434/2/5
15/06/1889 B Holland Robert Sibling U/1889/108/1012/4/159
17/07/1891 B Holland Joshua Casualty U/1891/108/1012/4/232
22/11/1893 B Holland Mary Sibling U/1893/112/1012/19/391
16/05/1896 B Holland Thomas Sibling U/1896/108/1012/5/178
04/03/1897 D Holland Joshua Parent D/1897/108/1012/4/288 died age 35
03/02/1901 D Holland Thomas Sibling D/1901/108/1012/4/440 died age 4
References and Links
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1 1901 Census lists Holland family Lists Wilfred as age 9 living with the family at house 4 in Mullintor, Minterburn, Tyrone
2 1911 Census lists Joshua Holland Lists Joshua as age 19 as a servant living with the Irwin family at house 9 in Carrowbeg, Benburb, Tyrone
3 National Archives UK Medal Card can be purchased here
4 WW1 - Eglish Roll of Honour Information about Joshua Holland
Dungannon District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2015-2023