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Name: John Douglas COLLINS
Casualty No.: Ranks: Lance Corporal Initials: J D Service No.: 34036
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Age at Death: 39
Unit: 1st Bn Border Regiment.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Manchester, Lancashire.
Place of Residence: Seedly, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire.
Home Address:
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Tuesday 20th November 1917
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign: Battle of Cambrai, France, 20th November – 3rd December 1917. Tank attack on 20th November 1917.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Lonverval, France.
Buried: No known grave
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 8, 5th January 1918.
Family Details:
Fourth son of the late Richard and Ellen Collins, of 3 Ashfield Terrace, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Husband of Edith Marion Collins, of 52 Reservoir Street, Seedly, Salford, Manchester.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War. Hexham Herald, 29th December 1917.
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