Name
Theodore Augustus Collins
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/11/1914
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Bandsman
7182
Cameron Highlanders
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
III.B.43.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Benington War Memorial
St. Peter’s Church Roll of Honour Benington
Not on the Hertford memorials
Pre War
Theodore Collins was born in Benington, Hertfordshire, the son of William and Mary Augusta Collins. He joined the Army at a young age and trained as a Musician. As a professional soldier he was sent to Belgium at the outbreak of the Great War as part of the original British Expeditionary Force.
Wartime Service
His Battalion arrived in France on the 14th August 1914, just 10 days after the outbreak of the Great War. As part of the 1st Division Theodore would have taken part in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, including the Rearguard Affair of Etreux, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, including participation in the Actions on the Aisne heights and the Action of Chivy, and The First Battle of Ypres. On the 1st November 1914 the Battalion were moved into a position between Zonnebeke Wood and Veldhoek near Ypres. Over the following week their positions were heavily shelled and the Battalion suffered a large number of casualties. It is uncertain on which day Theodore was wounded but he was taken to a General Hospital in Boulogne where he died from the effects of his wounds. He is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com The Benington war memorial incorrectly records him as A.T. COLLINS.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
