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Private W G COLLINS

Service Number: 14861
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 December 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 18.

France

Famous Sportsmen Headstones, athletics: Gunner J E Webster in Salerno War Cemetery, Italy. Multiple national cross country and AAA steeplechase champion who competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Photographer: Unknown

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Maud Mary Collins, of 9, Wye Crescent, Chepstow, Mon.
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Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 745
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