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COLIN HALLIDAY
BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THE REVEREND JAMES HALLIDAY (WESLEYAN MINISTER) & LUCY ANN HALLIDAY, OF 12. SOUTH PARK, LINCOLN (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. EX, PRIVATE, 551 ASC. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 26.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, LUCY.
NOTE. "SOLDIERS DIED" RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL. ALTHOUGH CENSUS RECORDS SAY HE WAS BORN IN BANBURY, OXFORD.
| Name | Collin Halliday |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1891 |
| Death Date | 26 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Manchester |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Battalion | 1st 5th Battalion (Territorial) |
| Regimental Number | 44968 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 551, A.C.C. |
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