Lt
Hubert Percival Collins
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 15/10/1896 |
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Place of birth: Wiltshire, Winterslow, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Storeman |
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Religion: Church of England |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lieutenant |
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Enlistment date: 23/09/1914 |
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Enlistment place: Valcartier Camp, Quebec, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 9th Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 30/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Peter Pan, Passendale, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 21 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: Panel 32. |
Points of interest 3
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| #2 | Enlistment place | ||
| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
"Killed in Action." Instantly killled at Bellevue Spur by concussion, caused by the explosion of an enemy high explosive shell, in a shell hole machine gun emplacement, which he was visiting at the time.
Sources 2
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1878 - 3). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
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War diaries: 9th Canadian Machine Gun Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4983, Microfilm reel number: T-10814 - T-10815, File number: 609). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/922942 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=32e2c562-58df-4ac4-b4ca-7e54c7fad6db |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5527955 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/922942 |
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A Street Near You https://astreetnearyou.org/person/922942/ |