Private Eric Osmond Collinson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Collinson,
Eric Osmond
Date of birth: 1888-12-17
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1915-05-18
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 28603
Highest Rank:
Private
(16th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Festubert
Commemoration location: Denstone College war memorial. Memorial spells his middle name as ’Osmund’
Images
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1566521
LAC ID:
110822
Service file: B1886-S003
Uploader's Notes: Son of the late Rev. S. E. Collinson and Mrs. Sarah Eliza Collinson, of The Vicarage, Broughton, Preston, England.
Uploader's Research notes: His photograph is in one of two large leather-bound photo books of remembrance for Denstone College's former pupils who died in the Great War. Both books are with the roll of honour in Denstone College's chapel. His regiment there is given as "Gordon Highlanders (Vancouver)" [Private Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20