Collins John CQMS 4438729
Personnel Entry
Name Collins John
Army number 4438729
Rank CQMS
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At the time of his death) Not known.
Unit Attested 20/7/20, aged 18. Joined the Territorial Army for 4 yrs in the 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, Discharged 16/1/24 on joining the Dragoons 17/1/24 - Discharged 14/5/34. Re-enlisted 2/5/39 in 9th DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F? Served Iceland? Served Normandy? Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 24/8/44, Auth: Part II Order TS 91/44, on the disbandment of the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Granted B Release 3/8/1945.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Company HQ.
Task or role Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Lance Corporal, Corporal, Sergeant.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action date of death not known.
Home address Apprentice rivetter on enlistment. Married Beatrice Mary Fulcher 17/3/23, Gateshead. Lived at 96, Saltwell Place, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
