Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Southsea Common
Son of Edward and Sarah Ann Holland, of St. Helier,
Jersey. Husband of Lizzie Holland, of 24, Chesterfield
Rd., Copnor, Portsmouth. Brother of Harold
Edward Holland. M.M.
Killed in action, aged 35 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Monday 4 February
1918
Drowned on the Louvain. In another column
appears the official notification of the sinking by
hostile submarine of SS Louvain on 21 January with the
loss of some 224 officers and men. We regret to state
that included amongst this total was a Jerseyman, Armourers
Mate E W Holland, son of Mr E Holland of Fern Place,
Ann Street. The late sailor, who had been 13 years in
the Royal Navy, was 33 and was married quite recently
to an English lady who resides in Southsea. The father
received a cheerful letter from his son by one of the
last mails and after reading it was shocked to find
a letter from his daughter-in-law informing him of the
sad loss. A brother of the deceased, Company Quarter
Master Sergeant Holland of the East Surrey Regiment,
was on leave in the Island in January and is about to
proceed to the Front. We tender the bereaved our heartfelt
sympathy.
Commemorated on family memorial in Almorah Cemetery,
Jersey
Commemorated on St Martins Parish Memorial, Jersey
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Record
