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Private Fred COLLINS, G/18102,  7th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd October 1916. 

Born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, son of Fred & Laura Collins.


1911 Census - Telegraph Street, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire - Fred Collins, head, age 58, farmer & gardener, born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Louisa Gleaves Collins, wife, age 45, married 6 years, 6 children, all still alive, mistress, born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Emily Collins, sister,  age 65, spinster. mothers help, born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Edith Ann Collins, daughter,  age 24, single, day housework,  born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Ostler? William Collins, son, age 19, field work, born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Fred Collins, son, age 14, single, garden work, born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire; Alice Collins, daughter, age 13, school, born Cottenham, Cambridgeshire.


Enlisted Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, age 21 years & 2 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 137lbs. Resided Eldon Villa, Telegraph Street, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire.

Home 11th December 1915 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 2nd October 1916.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 30th December 1915, mobilized; 27th August 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 27th August 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 28th Augst 1916, 15 Infantry Base Depot, posted 1/4th Suffolk Regiment, Service No.3622; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

15th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, deceased; Mother, Laura Collins, Telegraph Street, Cottenham; Brother - Asbourne Collins, age 28, Telegraph Street, Cottenham; Sisters - L Ashby, age 34, 13 Wilton Road, Redhill; E? Collins, age 32, Telegraph Street, Cottenham; F? Collins, age 30, 12 Market Square, Bromley?; A? Collins, age 21, Telegraph Street, Cottenham; Grandparents, W Co????, The Green Cottenham; Uncle, A Collins, The Green Cottenham; Aunts, Mary Clark, 103 Blinco? Grove, Cambridgeshire; Esther Busnell?, 40? Wharnecliffe?Gardens, London.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.


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