George Henry Holland was born in 1874, the third of 8 children of John Holland, a cutler, and Sarah Ann, his wife (nee Rixham).  George married Alice Harrott in 1894 and they had 4 children: Ernest, Amy, George Henry junior and Gladys.  Ernest was a casualty of the First World War and died in France in 1917.  George Henry Holland Snr. died in 1955, aged 81.

We understand that the knife now in our Collection was originally part of a boxed cutlery set given to Gladys Holland on her marriage to Harry Nicholson in 1930.

Based on information received from Phil Unwin, great-nephew of George Henry & Alice Holland.