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John Thomas Collins
British Army 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
(d.13th July 1916)
John Collins served with the 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in WW1 and died 13th of July 1916 aged 19 years in the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Hilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe in France.
Son of Samuel Ellen Collins, of 38, Sydney Rd., Small Heath, Birmingham.
He was survived by his twin brother, Alfred Collins, who was wounded in the head in Gallipoli. Alf had a metal plate put into his skull and survived the surgery, but remained partially paralysed for the rest of his life in Birmingham.