Private Daniel Holland

Private Daniel Holland

Army Number: 251

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory MedalBorn at Frodsham, Cheshire and lived at The Bungalow, Hasland Road, Hasland, Derbyshire. He was a wool packer at Robinson’s Mill, Derbyshire. prior to enlisting on 8th April 1908 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He went to France on 28th February 1915 and was killed in action, 5th May 1915, whilst serving in the line at Kemmel, Belgium.

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Derbyshire Courier 15th May 1915.

Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium. Row E. Grave 35.

Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Daniel Holland grave

Private Daniel Holland is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Hasland War Memorial, Eastwood Park, Hasland, Derbyshire.