The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Collison

Photograph by "soilsister"

Private Joseph COLLISON, 266965, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (multiple grenade wounds), Flanders France, 21st October 1917.

31st July 1915, Register Office, Brighton, married Emily Humm, spinster.

Child - Norman Joseph Collison, born 14th January 1917, Willesden.

Enlisted Willesden, NW, age 31. Resided 113 Victor Road, Harlesden, Middlesex. Formerly bookbinder.

Home 23rd January 1917 to 4th October 1917; BEF 5th October 1917 to 21st October 1917.

23rd January 1917, enlisted Kent Cyclist Battalion, 46965; 30th January 1917 to 1st February 1917, 3/1 Home Counties Field Ambulance, senlies??; 5th October 1917, posted BEF & embarked Folkestone; 5th October 1917, disembarked Boulogne; 5th October 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1917, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th October 1917, joined Battalion in the Field.

5th December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Mrs Gillant, Fern Cottage, Hallway, Sheerness; Child - Norman Collison, born 14th January 1917, Fern Cottage, Hallway, Sheerness; Father, deceased; Mother, Mary Ann Collison, 108 Silver? Street, Edmonton; Brothers - Richard Collison, age 38, address not known; William Collison, age 36, 108 Silver? Street, Edmonton; Sisters Edie? Kilburn, age 27, 108 Silver? Street, Edmonton; Lizzie Vicher?, 113, Sheliton? Road, Edmonton.

20th June 1918, Pension of 20/5 a week awarded to widow & one child.

Buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extension, C. 26., Somme, France.

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