The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Collins

Photograph by Patrick Hellemans

Private Harry COLLINS, 242147, "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 4th October 1917, age 25.

Born West Hartlepool, Durham, son of John Howitt Collins, and Harriett Collins, of 39, Sheriff Street, West Hartlepool.

1911 Census - 37 Mulgrave Road, West Hartlepool - John H Collins, head, age 61, married, gateman, shipyard, born Bingham, Nottinghamshire; Harriett Collins, wife, age 54, married 31 years, 7 children, 4 still alive, born West Hartlepool, Durham; Martha A Collins, daughter, age 30, single, domestic servant, born West Hartlepool, Durham; Hettie Collins, daughter, age 22, single, domestic servant, born West Hartlepool, Durham; Harry Collins, son, age 18, single, barber, own account, born West Hartlepool, Durham; Sarah Geldhart, boarder, age 44, single, teacher, elementary school, Board of Education, born Croft, Durham.

Enlisted West Hartlepool, Durham, age 23 years & 2 months, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 136lbs, ring & ???? tattoo left arm. Resided 76, Sheriff Street, West Hartlepool. Formerly driller.

Home 5th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 4th October 1917.

5th December 1915, enlisted; 5th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 5th February 1917, mobilized; 6th February 1917, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th April 1917, absent until 6.00pm on 16th April 1917, 2 days confined to barracks, forfeited 2 days pay; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1917, joined Battalion in the Field; 4th October 1917, reported missing.

29th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, John Howitt Collins, 39, Sheriff Street, West Hartlepool; Mother, Harriett Collins, 39, Sheriff Street, West Hartlepool; Brother - Benjamin Howitt Collins, age 36, 20 Hallery? Street, West Hartlepool; Sisters - Martha Ann Collins, age 39, 39, Sheriff Street, West Hartlepool; Hettie Collins, age 31, 39, Sheriff Street, West Hartlepool.

Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, IX. E. 14.,Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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