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Wars Last Goodbyes
Individual Record
Inscription
In loving memory of our dear son
Percy F. Collins R.W.R.
Died June 21st 1918 Aged 22
From illness contracted in France
Victor J. Collins R.W.S.
Presumed dead
March 22nd 1918 Aged 19
Place of Inscription
Warwick Cemetery
Warwickshire
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Victor James
Collins
1898
Pershore, Worcestershire
22nd March 1918
Killed in action during the first few days of the Spring Offensive, probably killed in the Vaulx-Vraucourt sector near Bapaume as the battalion tried to hold the line against the German advance
19
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
First World War
Private
10th Battalion The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
His brother died and is buried at this memorial as a war grave. The battalion was in northern Italy immediately before March 1918
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