Thomas Edward COLLINGE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: COLLINGE

Forename(s): Thomas Edward

Place of Birth: High Bentham, Yorkshire

Service No: 265522

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 1/4th Battalion

Division: 55th (West Lancashire) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-10-23

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: A. 2.

CWGC Cemetery: FROIDMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Thomas Edward Collinge was the son of ( - ) and Elizabeth Collinge. Elizabeth was born at Maghera, Co. Down.

1881 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: The Square - Thomas Collins, aged 1 year, born Bentham, son of Elizabeth Collins (married).

1891 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: The Square - Thomas E. Collins, aged 11 years, born Bentham, son of Elizabeth Collins (married).

1901 Caton, Lancashire Census: 7, Wesley Row - Thomas Edward Collinge, aged 21, born High Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Elizabeth Collinge (married). [Elizabeth’s niece, Ada May Ronaghan (born in 1899), was also there when the census was taken.]

1911 Caton, Lancashire Census: Wesley Row - Thomas E. Collinge, aged 28, born High Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Elizabeth Collinge, widow.

The British Army Service Record for Thomas Edward Collinge exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas E. Collinge, 265522, R. Lanc. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Thomas Edward Collinge, 265522, 1/4th K.O.R.L.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Thomas Edward Collinge, 265522, 1/4 Bn Royal Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 23.10.18 in Act'n. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and Sole Legatee - Elizabeth. £52 10s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Thomas. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Elizabeth Collinge. Relationship: Mother. Address: 7, Wesly [sic] Road, Caton, Lancs.

Thomas is commemorated on the Caton, Brookhouse and Littledale War Memorial.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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