The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S A Hollands

Private Sidney Alfred HOLLANDS, S/9180, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd March 1915, age 21.

Born St. Mary Platt, Wrotham, Kent, son of Frank and Harriet Hollands, of "The Blue Anchor," St. Mary's Platt, Borough Green, Kent.

1911 Census - St. Mary's Platt, Borough Green, Kent - Frank Hollands, head, age 42, married Inn Keeper, born St. Mary's Platt, Kent.

1911 Census - St. Mary's Platt, Borough Green, Kent - Harriet Hollands, head, age 43, married 17years, 5 children, all still alive, born St. Mary's Platt, Kent; Sydney Hollands, son age 17, single, farm labourer, worker, born St. Mary's Platt, Kent; Thomas Hollands, son, age 14, shop boy, born Farningham, Kent; Frank Hollands, son, age 12, school, born St. Mary's Platt, Kent; Nellie Hollands, daughter, age 10, school, born St. Mary's Platt, Kent; Arthur Hollands, son, age 5, born St. Mary's Platt, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone Kent, age 20 years & 182 days, height 5ft 6¾, weight 125lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, scar on nose. Formerly farm labourer.

Home 7th August 1914 to 6th December 1915; BEF 7th December 1914 to 22nd March 1915.

7th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Frank Hollands, Blue Anchor, St. Mary's Platt; Mother, Harriett Hollands, Blue Anchor, St. Mary's Platt; Brothers - Thomas Edward Hollands, age 22, Blue Anchor, St. Mary's Platt; Frank William Hollands, age 20, Blue Anchor, St. Mary's Platt; Arthur Albert Hollands, age 14, Blue Anchor, St. Mary's Platt; Sisters - Nellie Hollands, age 18, Blue Anchor, St. Mary's Platt.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and at Platt Memorial Village Hall. Platt, Kent.

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