Private George Frederick Collins

Army Number : 267020

Battalion : 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of George and Ada Collins, of 8 Hazelwood Road, Hyson Green, Nottingham. Husband of Mary Collins. He was a lace curtain changer and card puncher prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 23rd June 1917, by German shellfire, whilst serving in the trenches near Leivin, France,

Buried : Loos British Cemetery, France. Plot 19. Row A. Grave 16.

Private George Frederick Collins is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.