Second Lieutenant Frederick Collier

Second Lieutenant Fred Collier

Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 17/03/1917
Previous Reg/Num: 5279, Manchester Regt.

Age at death: 27
Date of death: 11th of May 1917 (Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Longuenesse St Omer Souvenir Cemetery - IV. B. 78.

Family details:
Son of William Collier, of 110, Prescot Rd., St. Helens.

Census details:
1901 - Shows 11 years old Frederick living at 81 Tontine Street, St Helens with his parents William (42), Margaret (40) and four siblings: James (17), Ellen (15), Gertrude (12), William (7). 1911 - Sees 21 years old 'Sanitary Inspector' Frederick living at 110 Croppers Hill, St Helens with his parents William (52), Margaret (50) and two siblings: Gertrude (22), William (18).

Notes:
Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2LtFredCollier.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2Lt_F_Collier.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_people/Collier_F_2Lt.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Collier_Mancs_b.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Collier_F_Mancs.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Collier_F_Mancs_d.jpg[/pic][caption]Image from The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M.[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2Lt_Frederick_Collier.png[/pic][caption]Liverpool Daily Post, 14th May 1917 (Courtesy of Stephen Nulty)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/CollierFred_Mancs_a.jpg[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/CollierFred_Mancs_b.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/CollierF_Mancs.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Second Lieutenant Frederick Collier at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]