The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H J Collings

Private Harry John COLLINGS, G/24434, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 24566, Somerset Light Infantry), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917, age 33.

Born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, son of John and Annie Elizabeth Collings, of 210, Desborough Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

1911 Census - 66 Bridge Street, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - John Collings, head, age 60. married, chair maker, born Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; Annie Elizabeth Collings, wife, age 68, married 39 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire; Harry John Collings, son, age 26, single, chair maker, born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Kate Maud Collings, daughter, age 20, single, laundry hand, born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Ethel Lora Collings, daughter, age 18, single, born High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Enlisted High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Buried at Cement House Cemetery, VII. C. 30.Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-V., Belgium.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War show first names as Harry John; CWGC website show them as Henry John.

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