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Rifleman JOHN ERNEST COLLINS

Service Number: R/8208
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 1A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Collins, of Bridge St., Kineton, Warwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S WILL IS BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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