Able Seaman Z/3412 Arthur Beale COLLINS

Able Seaman Z/3412 Arthur Beale Collins{gallery}AB A B Collins{/gallery}Hawke Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Killed in action on operations on the Somme, France, 3rd February 1917 aged 20

• Buried: Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave III.F.14
  
• Awarded: Not yet established
• Son of Richard Bradbury and Ada Collins
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford | Stockingford Council School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Able Seaman Collins
• Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery
• Royal Naval Division

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1896 at Witherley, Leics and baptised 5 Feb 1899 at Monks Kirby
• Attended Stockingford Council School
  
• Lived at The Plough Inn, Pailton [1901]
• Lived at 304 Croft Road, Stockingford [1911]
  
• Employed as a tailor’s presser [1911]
• Enlisted 15 Nov 1915 and drafted to the BEF on 4 Dec 1916. Joined Hawke Battalion on 22 Dec 1916