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JOHN
STANHOPE COLLINGS-WELLS V.C. D.S.O. |
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Lt. Colonel
Aged 37 Years
| 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment |
| 190th Brigade, 63rd Royal Naval Division. |
KIA : 27 March 1918
- Lived : Field House,
- Off Strines Rd.
- Marple
Son of : |
Arthur & Caroline Mary |
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Brands House |
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Hughenden |
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High Wycombe |
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Bucks. |
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Buried:
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery
Plot 3, Row E, Grave 12.
Remembered:
All Saints War Memorial, Marple.
St. Ethelreda's Church, Hatfield, Herts.
Collings-Wells Memorial Hall,
Caddington, Bedfordshire.
Christchurch College Plaque, Oxford. |
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Marple's only Victoria
Cross recipient was born in Manchester on 19th July 1880. Initially his
connection with the village was obscure, but on investigation there is no doubt as to the
validity of his inclusion on the War Memorial.
In 1906 John came to live with his Cousin, Will Buck, at his house in Marple to enable him
to run his father's business in Manchester. This he continued to do until the outbreak of
war in 1914. During this entire period John lived at Field House with the exception of
periods where he would have to travel back to Bedfordshire to maintain his connection with
the Bedfordshire Regiment.
The following pages seem little space to do credit to a man who, regardless of information
sources, comes through very strongly as not only a fine soldier and leader of men but a
man who made a major impression on all who knew him of being a great man. |
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