COLLING, William (Mate)
b. 1902, Filey d. Wednesday 16th October 1940
(aged 38)
One of the men to die in one of Filey’s two wartime fishing tragedies William was a mate
aboard the fishing vessel the Pride,
which was stationed in
William was one of three Filey men
serving aboard the beleaguered vessel, along with William Johnson Colling, and John Robinson, whose details will be included
later on in this book. He was the son of
John and Mary Colling and although listed on the
Filey memorial (his place of birth), his actual place of residence was in