Private John James Collington

Army Number : 9190

Battalion : 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Beeston, Nottingham. Son of John and Rebecca Collington, of Wymeswold, Loughborough; Husband of Julia Ann Collington, of 40, Mountsorrel Road, Quorn, Loughborough. He was a labourer at Brush Electrical Engineering Company pior to enlisting 26th February 1914 at Nottingham. He went to France 3rd October 1914 and died of wounds at No. 25 Field Ambulance, Estaires, France, 28th January 1915, aged 28.

Buried : Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France. Plot 1. Row G. Grave 2.

Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France.

Private Wilfred Cocker is also commePrivate John James Collington is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Brush Electrical Engineering Company War Memorial, Carillon Tower, Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Quorn Memorial Gardens War Memorial, Quorn, Leicestershire.
St, Bartholomew’s Church War Memorial, Quorn, Leicestershire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.