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Name: HOLLAND, William de Tilsten (Major)
Birth Date: 27 July 1861 Hamilton, Canada
Death Date: 31 May 1918 Nairobi, dysentery
First Date: 1914
Last Date: 1918
Profession: Soldier, farmer
Area: Kiboko Flats, Chania Bridge
Married: In Pietermaritzburg, Natal 17 Aug 1889 Margaretta 'Madge' Pennefather b. 22 Aug 1872 Greytown, Natal, d. 19 May 1938 Outspan Hotel, Nyeri (later m. Harry Palairet Versturme Bunbury 1864-1943)
Children: William Pennefather (2 Dec 1890 Cape Town-3 Aug 1930 Maji, S-W. Abyssinia, fever); Henry de la Pole (1897 Yoxall-15 May 1941 Carlisle, on war service)
Book Reference: Barnes, Gazette
War Service: North Staffs. Regt
School: Weymouth College; RMC
General Information:
1882-4 N. Staffs. Regt. in UK
1884-6 W. Indies
1886-91 S. Africa
1891-6 UK
Nairobi South cemetery - Major William de Tilsten Holland , died 31 May 1918, buried 1 Jun 1918
Gazette 24/7/1918 - Probate and Administration in respect of the estate of William Tilston Holland, late of Kiboko Flats, Chania Bridge who died at Nairobi on 31/5/1918. Applied for by C.N.M. Harrison attorney of Margretta the sole executrix and widow of the deceased.
See also Henry and D.P. Holland
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for death - William de Tilsten Holland aged 55, dysentery, 4 years in Kenya