WW1 Remembrance 1914-1918: M2/101849 L/Cpl George Collins, ASC

Tuesday, 18 July 2017

M2/101849 L/Cpl George Collins, ASC

Remembering M2/101849 Lance-Corporal George Collins of the Army Service Corps who died of wounds a hundred years ago today on the 18th July 1917.

Born in Harwell, Berkshire, he was living in Camberley Surrey when he enlisted, at Portsmouth, in the British Army. He was the husband of Minnie Louisa Colins of 412 Kingsley Road, Milton, Portsmouth and he is buried in Croix-Rouge Military Cemetery in Quaedypre, France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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