Name
Charles George Collis
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/07/1916
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
18325
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Plot 1, Row , Grave 33
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Weston
Pre War
Born in 1887, son of James and Mary Louisa Collis, James was a blacksmith living in Maiden Street, Weston. Baptised on 18 May 1887 at Weston. 1911 Census: living in with Frank (also a blacksmith) and Annie Lee as a Boarder at Turnpike, Baldock and working as a Farm Labourer. Married May Aveley in 1912.
He lived in Hitchin Street, Baldock with his wife and two children and was employed at Simpsons, a brewery in Baldock. Enlisted Bedford.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in December 1914 in Bedford. He served in France from October 1915. Died of wounds during the 1st battle of the Somme and the attack on Trones Wood, to the east of Montauban. He died at Casualty Clearing Station No. 5 in France.
Additional Information
His widow, May received a war gratuity of £6. 10s. CWGC has his number as 18325.
Charles is also commemorated on his son’s headstone (died 1921 aged 6) in Baldock Cemetery, his inscription reads:
“. . . ALSO OF HIS FATHER CHARLES . C . COLLIS, KILLED IN FRANCE JULY 13TH, AGED 29 YEARS"
Acknowledgments
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson, Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
