Sergeant Herbert Collinson

Army Number : 22008

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Swinderby, Lincolnshire. Son of Thomas and Attie Collinson, of Easthorpe, Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Husband of Ellen Collinson, of Normanton, Southwell. He was employed a Caudwells Flour Mill prior to enlisting at Newark, Nottinghamshire. He died of wounds, 5th March 1918.

Buried : Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 2. Row F. Grave 13.

Sergeant Herbert Collinson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Sourthwell Minster Parishioners War Memorial, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Southwell Wesleyan Church War Memorial, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.