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Rifleman WILLIAM GEORGE COLLINS

Service Number: R/24250
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Youngest son of Arthur Edward and Maria Emma Collins, of 84, Evering Road, London. Killed after three months' service.
  • Personal Inscription OUR YOUNGEST AND OUR BEST HIS WILL WAS GREATER THAN HIS STRENGTH.
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