Private John Gamble Collins

Army Number : 109109 (formerly 59907 Manchester Regiment)

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

Born at Penrith, Cumbria. Son of John Gamble Collins and Mary Elizabeth Collins. He was a grocers apprentice prior to enlisting 30th March 1917 at Kendall, Cumbria into the 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment. He was transferred to the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 4th April 1918 and died whilst a prisoner of war 4th November 1918, aged 19.

Buried : Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 4.

Private John Gamble Collins is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Andrews Church War Memorial, Penrith, Cumbria