Name
Walter George Collins
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/08/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
12713
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
VI. F. 16.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Memorial, Reed, St Mary's Church ROH, Reed
Pre War
Walter George Collins was born in 1894 in Jackson’s Lane, Reed, Hertfordshire, the son of Daniel and Fanny Louisa Collins (nee Dellow) and one of seven children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Jackson's Lane, Reed where his father was working as a thatcher. They remained there in 1911 at which time 17 year old Walter was working as a farm labourer.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Hertford and joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, serving with the 2nd Battalion in France from 12 August 1915.
Walter was killed in action on 29 August 1918 and is buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £18 10s 10d and pay owing of £21 2s 4d. His mother received a pension of 5 shillings a week.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Malcolm Lennox
