Private 365 William Collins
Regiment/Unit: Royal Munster Fusiliers - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 09/07/1915
Age at death: 28
Date of death: 28th of June 1916
Born: Glenamaddy, Co Galway
Resided: Glenamaddy, Co Galway
Burial / Memorial: St Patrick`s Cemetery Loos - I. D. 1.
Family details:
Son of Patrick and Margaret Collins, of Ballinastack, Cloonminda, Castlerea, Co. Galway. Father Patrick is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 12 years old schoolboy William is living at house 13 in Ballinastack (Ballinastack, Galway) with parents Patrick (56), Margaret (52) and three siblings: Norah (22), James (18), Michael (9). 1911 - Not found. William is not with parents and sibling who are still at house 1 in Ballinastack (Ballinastack, Galway).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/365WilliamCollins.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/W_Collins_RMF.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William Collins at St Patrick`s Cemetery, Loos
(Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]
