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Onslow was the 6th of William John and Harriet Hollands' eleven children. Onslow married Sarah Ann Harman in Downe on 14th October 1907.
He enlisted, aged 18, in the Royal Marines on 8th November 1897 in London under the name James Henry Hollands. He was described as being 5ft 6ins tall, of dark complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair and having two scars on the back of his head. He served until his discharge on 20th December 1907. He was then enrolled in the Reserves. He joined HMS Clan McNaughton on 11th December 1914.
Before the war HMS Clan McNaughton had been a passenger vessel. It was hastily converted to an armed warship, guns mounted on the decks were poorly fitted making it top heavy. It was lost off the north coast of Ireland during a storm on 3rd February 1915, over 280 men died, no bodies were recovered.Onslow's sister Fanny's son George Henry Parsons also died. His sister Lydia's brother-in-law Reginald Herbert Sinden also died.
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