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Military service
Service number:
443221
Age:
42
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
January 21, 1874
Prince Edward Island
Enlistment:
September 28, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
June 9, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Digital gallery of Sapper Richard Collings
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Memorial
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Hartsville War Memorial
This war memorial is located in Hartsville, Prince Edward Island. -
Inscription
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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Memorial Plaque
Richard Collings bronze memorial plaque. We found it amongst my great aunts belonging after she had died. Alex Macdonald who was listed as Richard Collings next of kin was her father. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 911 of 1384.
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
Digital gallery of
Sapper Richard Collings
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 69 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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