2nd Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
06/04/1896
Died:
23/12/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
21
Summary
Mitchell Joseph Mulholland was the youngest son of Michael and Mary Mulholland. He was born in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone. His father, Michael Mulholland, was a ‘Flax Spinning Overlooker’. The family moved around Ireland a lot. Mitchell Mulholland was educated at Halifax Secondary School, where he won the Rawson Shaw Scholarship, and St. Mary's R.C. College, Hammersmith. Mitchell Mulholland enlisted in 1915. Rifleman Mitchell Mulholland served in France and Macedonia. Rifleman Mulholland was serving with 2nd/18th Battalion of the London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) when he was killed in action on Sunday 23rd December 1917 in Palestine. He was 21 years old.
Further Information
Mitchell Joseph Mulholland was the youngest son of Michael and Mary Mulholland (nee Murphy). Mitchell Mulholland was born on 6th April 1896 in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone.
The 1901 census lists Mitchell J as age 5 living with the family at house 47 in York Street, Cork Urban No. 4, Cork. His father, Michael Mulholland, was a 'Flax Spinning Overlooker' who was born in Drogheda. The family moved around Ireland a lot.
Family: Michael Mulholland, Mary Mulholland, John Mulholland (born about 1879), Nora Agnes Mulholland (born about 1883), Daniel J Mulholland (born about 1886), Mary Catherine Mulholland (born about 1890), Christina Eva Mulholland (born about 1893), Josephine Mulholland (born about 1894), Mitchell Joseph Mulholland (born 6th April 1896).
Mitchell Mulholland was educated at Halifax Secondary School, where he won the Rawson Shaw Scholarship, and St. Mary's R.C. College, Hammersmith.
Mitchell Mulholland enlisted from St. Mary's R.C. College in 1915.
Rifleman Mitchell Mulholland served in France and Macedonia.
Rifleman Mulholland was serving with 2nd/18th Battalion of the London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) when he was killed in action on Sunday 23rd December 1917 in Palestine. He was 21 years old.
Rifleman Mitchell Mulholland is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery.
The CWGC record Rifleman Mitchell Mulholland as the youngest Son of Michael and Mary Mulholland, of 197 Baldwin Avenue, Jersey City, U.S.A.
