Memorial

Lieutenant H G Collins

Lieutenant Harold George Collins, R.F.C. Plaque

Source: Copyright Paul Dyer

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Current Location

St John the Evangelist Church, Shirley Church Road, Shirley, Croydon, Greater London, CR0 5EE, England

TQ 35870 65380

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 818
Description: Bronze plaque with RFC badge at centre top on moulded oak base.
Inscription: (Royal Flying Corps badge) / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN PROUD AND LOVING / MEMORY OF / HAROLD GEORGE COLLINS / LIEUTENANT / ROYAL FLYING CORPS / KILLED IN AIR FLIGHT AT / ARRAS, FRANCE / EASTER MONDAY / APRIL 9TH 1917 // FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY. //AGED 22 YEARS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: forenames, surname, rank, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death

Plaque

Height: 914MM

Width: 610MM

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

'Croydon and the Great War' - 1926 - 'The Glorious Dead' pg.280 - Sayers & Ald. H Keatley. W.C. Berwick (ed.)
At the going down of the sun... An account of Croydon’s war memorials. Author Ronald COX. Published 1992. Reference C77
War Memorials On Line: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/262530/ - Accessed January 2021