The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte G F Collins

Private George Frederick COLLINS, 5468, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Battersea, London, Surrey, enlisted 27th March 1899, Kingston on Thames, age 18, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 117lbs, resided 13 Weston Street, Usk Road, Battersea, London, Surrey / 6 Victoria Dwellings, Battersea Park Road, SW / 18 Austin Road, Battersea Park Road / 44 Havelock Terrace, Battersea Park Road,. Formerly wood chopper.

Previously served in 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, 880, 2nd March 1899 to 26th March 1899.

Son of George & Frances Collins, 15 Orville Street, Battersea, London, Surrey.

Husband of Mary Ann Collins, (nee Cockell), 43 Havelock Terrace, Battersea Park Road, married 4th April 1910, Wandsworth Register Office. Married in the name of George Frederick BOLSTER.

Children - Charles Arthur Cockell, born 6th October 1901, Wandsworth; Mary Ann Katherine Cockell, born 31st March 1904, Wandsworth; George Frederick Bolster, born 17th June 1910, Lambeth; John Henry Bolster, born 13th September 1912.Wandsworth; William Robert Bolster, born 9th April 1915, Wandsworth.

Home, 27th March 1899 to 18th September 1899; Egypt, 19th September 1899 to 4th March 1900; Home, 5th March 1900 to 29th June 1900; South Africa, 30th June 1900 to 4th November 1902; Ceylon, 5th November 1902 to 4th November 1904; China, 5th November 1904 to 29th January 1907; Home, 30th January 1907 to 10th September 1914; BEF, 11th September 1914 to 22nd November 1914; Home, 23rd November 1914 to 5th July 1915.

27th March 1899, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th July 1899, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th November 1902, Cape Town, drunk on Piquet about 8.15pm, 96 hours detention, with hard labour; 26th March 1907, transferred to Reserves; 1st December 1910, re-engaged, to count from 27th March 1911; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th September 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, gun shot wound, hand.

5th July 1915, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued

Re-enlisted at Battersea, age 34, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 142lbs, 43 Havelock Terrace, Battersea, in the name of George Frederick BOLSTER, formerly sheet erector, 23rd August 1916, discharged 11th October 1916, 17315.

4th September 1920, awarded Service Pension of 9d a day for life from 4th April 1917?. The award is in addition to disability pension.

4th August 1961 - Notification of the Death of a Person, died at Brompton Hospital, Chelsea, on 3rd August 1916, George BOLSTER, otherwise George Frederick COLLINS, male, 78 years old, of 46 Mendip Crescent, Battersea, retired builders labourer, carcinoma of oesophagus, informant G F BOLSTER, son, 23 Kent Road, Acton, W4.

This page was last updated on 14-Nov-2013.