Surname
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Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Service Number

COLLING

George

Private

24891

Place of birth

Age

Regiment

Date of death

Filey

26

8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regt.

Thu. 3rd May 1917

Last known military action

Location of death

Cause of death

Battle of Arras

Killed in Action

Cemetery/ Memorial

Plot/Plaque

Country

Arras memorial, Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery

Panels 4 and 5

Belgium

Known family

Family details

Town of origin

John Colling (Father) & Margaret Colling (Mother)

Family resided at 15, Providence Place

Filey

Decorations

UK memorials commemorated on

Filey town memorial, St. Oswald’s church memorial

Notes

Has no known resting place and enlisted in Beverley.

Mentioned in the Scarborough Mercury (Filey News) on 29th June 1917 as being missing in action.