| Fred Collinson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1874 Bolton, England |
| Died |
15 May 1915 (aged 41)[1] Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey[1] |
C. Frederick Collinson (1874 – 15 May 1915) was an English football outside left who played in the Football League for Darwen and Bury.[2][3][4]
Collinson served during the First World War and died of wounds during the Gallipoli campaign.
Personal life[]
Collinson joined the Lancashire Fusiliers of the British Army at age 15 in 1889 and stated his age was 18.[5] He eventually became a reservist but was recalled to rejoin the Fusiliers in November 1899 and saw action at Spion Kop and Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.[5] Collinson was honourably discharged in April 1902 and returned to Bury to work as a gas meter inspector.[5] By 1911, he was married with two children.[6] He re-enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers in Bury during the early months of the First World War and was sent to Gallipoli with his battalion in May 1915.[5][6] Days later, Collinson died of wounds caused by machine gun fire at Cape Helles.[5] He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "CWGC – Casualty Details". https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680896/collinson,-frederick/. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 62. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ "Frederick Collinson | Service Record | Football and the First World War" (in en-US). Football and the First World War. http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/frederick-collinson-service-record/. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ↑ "Collinson Fred Image 1 Bury 1896" (in en-GB). http://vintagefootballers.com/product/collinson-fred-image-1-bury-1896/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Some Corner of a Foreign Field: Fred Collinson and Alfred Corlett at Gallipoli | ToffeeWeb | Historical Articles". http://toffeeweb.com/season/14-15/comment/history/30040.html. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "DBBC – Tracing Your Roots To Gallipoli". http://www.bmillsdesigns.co.uk/gallipoli/collinson-f.html. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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