1205552 Walter Collins British Army 9th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles from:London. England.
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218053 L/Cpl. William Henry "Hank" Collins DCMBritish Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from:Chesterfield William Collins was my Great Grandfather and I am at the moment writing his life story.
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219754 William Charles Collins British Army 3rd/15th (Civil Service Rifles) Btn. London Regiment from:Plymouth Bill Collins served with the 3rd/15th Civil Service Rifles London Regiment. I have a photo of Bill Collins and his friends, from left to right: Webber Go, Boller (wounded), Collins, Lamons (killed), Mitchell (wounded), Douglas (DCM), S Boots, Mandell (gassed).
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220311 Sgt. William Henry "Hank" Collins DCM.British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from:Chesterfield William Collins served with the 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters during WW1.
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222681 Pte. William Victor Collins British Army 6th Dragoon Guards (d.21st June 1917) I don't really have much of a story about my grandfather, Pte William V Collins, who died on 21st June of 1917. What I do have is a lot of correspondence, acquired by Ancestry et al, from my great-grandfather, Frederick Stephens, to the War Office and latterly to William's CO, asking for his help in getting into contact/support some money out of him to support his daughter.
Marrying my grandmother in February 1914, he instantly decamped from London to Glasgow, where he enlisted in the 6th DG, having lied about his place of birth. His daughter, my mother, was born on July 31st of that year - an enforced/shotgun marriage, then. William nevertheless served, without distinction, until his death in action on 21st June 1917.
He had been coerced into returning to England to visit his wife and daughter, who was then around three years old. She remembered him as a tall man with pock-marked features, who cut her on the leg with his spur when he picked to her up. She bore the clearly-visible scar until she died.
As for the circumstances of my grandfather's last action ....Where? I don't know.
How? I don't know that either. And I've never been able to find out.
I'd be very happy to enter into communication with anybody who can tell me where the 6th DG were operating on 21st June 1917.
We've paid him a visit, the Guerard-le-Templeux Northern extension military cemetery where he lies, but there is a great lack of any information about his unit from the time of his death in action.
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235278 Rflmn. William Robert Collins British Army 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles from:Belfast
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255373 William Robertson Collins British Army 45th Btn Royal Fusiliers
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261739 Gnr. William "Lotte" Collins British Army Royal Horse Artillery from:Aldingbourne, Chichister, Sussex My grandfather William Collins was born in 1900 in Chichester, Sussex. He ran away from home and joined the Army in 1915. He signed up with the Royal Horse Artillery, but I'm not sure where he enlisted or specifically which RHA unit he was assigned to. I know he was in the trenches in France and ended up in Cairo, where his regiment fired the gun salute at the birth of King Farouk in 1920.
I cannot find any record of him online, so I hope someone can give more information from the photos. On the back of photo 3 is written "Lotte, Darky, and Charlie". William, on the left, was called Lotte after Lotte Collins, a music hall star at the time.
 William Collins in Cairo
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206507 Cpl Frederick George Collinson MM.British Army 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment from:20 Harford Street, Middlesbrough (d.7th Jun 1917)
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1430 L/Cpl. George Collinson British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.24th May 1915)
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233611 Pte. Thomas Gibson Collinson British Army 2nd Btn. Yorkshire Rgt. from:Crook, County Durham, UK (d.1st July 1916) My great-grandfather, Thomas Collinson, was killed on 1st July 1916 at the Somme. He was a professional soldier. His remains were not found/identified and his name is listed on the Thiepval Memorial.
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222033 Pte. John Collis British Army 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters from:Derby (d.20th Sep 1914) There were 3 brothers, one being my granddad, William Collis. They were resting when the Germans started shelling the 2nd Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. They ran for cover but John turned back, he had dropped his cap. The 2 brothers tried to stop him but he said "I will get into trouble if I don't get it". He found it then started back just then a German shell landed next to him. The brothers were stunned and my grand dad said "what are we going to say to me mare [mother]".
There was nothing left of him to find after the battle and his name is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-jouarre Memorial, Seine et Marne, France.
If you go to this Memorial please tell him he has not been forgotten by his family. Good night, God bless Uncle John
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1741 Spr. Paul Benjamin Collis Australian Imperial Force. 1st Australian Tunnelling Company My Great Uncle, Paul Collis emigrated to Australia before the War and worked in the mines. He had been a motor engineer in London, born in the East End, and he saw one of his open topped buses from London in service in France, transporting troops. He was at Hill 60 and he left me a cap badge given to him at Hill 60 by a soldier from the Royal West Kents. He also left me a letter his cousin wrote to him, shot through the heart and the letter whilst going over the top in another part of the line. My Great Uncle Paul also left me a letter he wrote whilst in a dug out under Hill 60 in which he describes travelling there in an armoured train. Great Uncle Paul Died in 1976, but I did return with myself to Hill 60 after my graduation in 1973. I have a picture of him with his mates from the 1ST ATC in an Estaminet in 1918. One of the soldiers in the Photo was featured in the film Beneath Hill 60. I sent a copy of the photo and it is on the films website.
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1756 Pte. Walter Collis New Zeland Army 3rd NZ Machine Gun Coy from:Longburn, Palmerston North, New Zealand Walter Collis was my Grandfather, and was attached to the 3rd NZ Machine Gun company on 16 May 1917. He was severely gassed on the day of the attack at Messines on the 7th of June 1917 and spent several months recovering in England before returning to New Zealand in February 1918.
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254406 Pte. William Richard Collis British Army 32nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
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1205518 Flt Sub. Lt. Raymond Collishaw Royal Naval Air Service B Flight 10 Naval Sqd. from:Canada
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251488 Pte. Robert Collister British Army 12th Btn Manchester Regiment from:Wirral, Cheshire Bob Collister served with the 12th Manchester Regiment.
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235923 Gnr. William Thomas Colloby British Army 16th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery from:51 Shelton St, Wilnecote, Tamworth William Thomas Colloby was a coal miner by trade. His 'burnt' records show that he signed for General Service on 12th December 1915, a month after the birth of his first child, and was assigned to the reserves, as a Private, on 13th December 1915. He was posted, as a gunner, to the RGA on 16th March 1917; posted to the BEF on 8th May 1917 and to the 16th Heavy Bty on 24th May 1917. He was wounded in action on 4th September 1917 with a gun shot wound to the right foot and was sent to the General Hospital in Boulogne on 7th September 1917, casualty list HA 13901. Next of kin were informed on 18th September 1917. He was discharged, back to base depot, on 8th December 1917 and then reposted on 14th December 1917. He was recorded as having leave to the UK, from 7th to 21st February 1918. His records were processed by the RGA on 30December 1918; he proceeded to Chisledon discharge centre on 1st January 1918. His papers show that he was transferred to Class 'Z' Army Reserves on demobilisation on 31st January 1919 for release as a miner. He returned home, to Wilnecote, to his wife Alice and his daughter Brenda (my gran). On 29th November 1921 William signed to acknowledge receipt of the British War and Victory Medals.
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256729 Lt. Arthur Lionel Collyer British Army London Regiment from:Streatham
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200 Lance Sjt. J. R. Colman Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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240830 Fireman. Prospher Charles Colman Mercantile Marine SS Memphian from:Antwerp (d.8th Oct 1917) Prospher Colman's grave is in Borth church cemetery. Born in Belgium, he was the husband of Poldine Colman Caluco of 37, Kluis St. Merssein, Antwerp.
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300247 Pte. William Colman British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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248906 Pte. Charles Colmson British Army 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry from:20 Durham Street, Hull, Yorkshire (d.10th Apr 1917)
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215817 Pte. Thomas Colpitts British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:Fatfield, County Durham (d.19th Dec 1915)
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261775 Pte. William Colpitts British Army 8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment from:Newcastle on Tyne
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261211 Pte. Joseph Vincent Colquitt British Army 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment from:St. Helens (d.25th Sep 1918)
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1206247 Pte. Herbert George Columbine VCBritish Army 9th Sqdn Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) (d.22nd March 1918) Herbert Columbine died on 22nd March 1918, aged 24 and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in the Pozieres British Cemetery in France. He was the son of Mrs. Emma Columbine
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213498 Cmdr. Charles Alexander Colville MIDRoyal Navy Charles Alexander Colville, 3rd Viscount Colville of Culross fought in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
He served in World War II, being killed on active service in a flying accident in the Azores
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1205447 Rfm. Robert Colvin British Army 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles (d.7th Jun 1917)
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300860 Pte. Mark Colwell British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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