COLLINS George

  • First Name(s):
    George 
  • Surname:
    COLLINS
  • Service Number:
    91263
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th November 1918
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bromsgrove Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, Grave N. 87.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs Emma Garfield, of Linthurst, Bromsgrove

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COLLINS George Is Named On These Memorials

Lickey War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Nov. 5 1918

Further Information About COLLINS George

The following information has been researched by Jeff Taylor:
Linthurst Man Dies of Disease
“Private George Collins, Labour Corps, son of Mrs Emma Garfield, of The Linthurst, Blackwell, died suddenly on the 5th November, from influenza and pneumonia, at the 1/5th Northern General Hospital, Leicester. Previous to joining the colours the deceased was engaged as a Shunter for the Midland Railway Company at Sheepbridge, near Chesterfield. Private Collins, who was single, had been in the army about 15 months.”

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