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Private W COLLINS

Service Number: 7961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

III. H. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Betsy Collins, of 70, Teignmouth St., Whitley St., Rochdale Rd., Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS OPEN WIDE THY HEART AND LET ME REST THEREIN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1111
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