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Corporal Frederick Howard Collins

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1897-10-01
Place of birth: Bedford Bedfordshire England
Next of kin: Frank Freeman, uncle. Keysoe Row, Bedfordshire, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Religion: Methodist
Date of death: 1988-08-24

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 210190
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Corporal (Army). 1918-10-23 to 1919-02-24
  2. Corporal, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-10-01 to 1918-10-23
  3. Corporal, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-08-09 to 1918-10-01
  4. Private, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-01-12 to 1918-08-09
  5. Private (Army). 1917-06-29 to 1918-01-12
  6. Private (Army). 1917-04-16 to 1917-06-29
  7. Private, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-09-07 to 1917-04-16
  8. Private (Army). 1915-11-15 to 1916-09-07
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Gassed August 29, 1918 at Upton Wood
Awards

Military Medal
Date of award: 1919-02-07
Source: London Gazette No. 31173, pg. 2129

Military Medal First Bar
Date of award: 1919-05-14
Source: London Gazette No. 31338, pg. 6010

Good Conduct Badge
Date of award: 1917-11-19

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 110340
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1875-S042
Uploader's Notes:

Son of James Collins and Martha Collins (nee Collyer); husband of Sybil Evelyn Collins (nee Dean) married September 5, 1923

Commissioned after the Great War and served with the Lincoln Regiment, C.O. of the 2nd Battalion, Lincoln and Welland Regiment from 1940-1942

Uploader's Research notes: 98th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 98th Battalion D Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Central Ontario Regimental Depot Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Lance-Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion Lance-Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 2nd Central Ontario Regimental Depot Military Medal First Bar Military Medal Good Conduct Badge ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2021-09-12
Last modified: 2021-09-13