Name
John Stanhope Collings-Wells (VC, DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/03/1918
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT
III E 12
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hatfield War Memorial, Markyate Village Memorial, St John The Baptist Church Memorial, Markyate Individual Plaque St John The Baptist Church, Markyate, Memorial Window St John The Baptist Church, Markyate
Pre War
Son of Arthur and Caroline Mary Collings-Wells.
Wartime Service
Killed in action.
He was awarded the Victoria Cross ‘For most conspicuous bravery, skilful leading and handling of his battalion’. See The London Gazette, 23rd April, 1918.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Anne & Gordon Mead
