The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Collins


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Private John COLLINS, G/1738, "C" Company,   7th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 1st July 1916, age 23. 

Born Deptford, Kent, son of Thomas and Minnie Collins, of 15, Trankham St., Deptford, London.


1911 Census - 16 Guffin Street, Deptford - Thomas Collins, head, age 56, married, builder scaffolding, born Deptford, Kent; Minnie Collins, wife, age 52, married 33 years, 12 children, 8 still alive, born Deptford, Kent; Mary Collins, daughter, age 25, born Deptford, Kent; John Collins, son, age 18, carman & warehouseman, drysalter, born Deptford, Kent; Alice Collins, daughter, age 16, single, factory hand tin factory, born Deptford, Kent; Margaret Collins, daughter, age 11, school, born Deptford, Kent.


Enlisted Greenwich, Kent.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

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


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