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Volunteer WILLIAM HENRY COLLINS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

9th Cornwall (Camborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TROON CEMETERY, CORNWALL

Plot D. Grave 16.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Jane Collins; husband of Dora Collins, of Troon.
  • Personal Inscription ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILST ON DUTY. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

TROON CEMETERY, CORNWALL
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 8
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