Lt
Hubert Percival Collins

Information about birth

Date of birth:
15/10/1896
Place of birth:
Wiltshire, Winterslow, England, United Kingdom

General information

Profession:
Storeman
Religion:
Church of England

Army information

Country:
Canada
Force:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Lieutenant
Enlistment date:
23/09/1914
Enlistment place:
Valcartier Camp, Quebec, Canada
Units:
 —  Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 9th Coy.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
30/10/1917
Place of death:
Peter Pan, Passendale, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
21

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel: Panel 32.

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#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

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
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