Constable Holman was shot dead whilst out walking with a female friend, some few hundred yards from Kilworth Barracks. His killers had been hiding behind a fence at a nearby plantation. Constable Holman had served in the Royal Marines prior to joining the RIC.
(Source - Police Casualties in Ireland, by Richard Abbott)
(Source - Police Casualties in Ireland, by Richard Abbott)
In
Loving Memory of Beatrice Rose
Infant Daughter of
Humphrey Charles
and Rose Marie Holman
died august 16th 1898
Aged 2 months
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also of their Youngest Son
Constable Joseph Cecil Holman
who died June 1st 1921
Shot while walking in the road
at Kilworth, Co. Cork, Ireland
Aged 21 years
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and of their third Son
Malcolm Leslie Holman
who died at Finchley, 30th March 1924
Aged 24 years
(Photo donated by Klifton Snow)
Location - Hastings Cemetery, division G, section A, row E, Sussex
