Name John Stanhope Collings-Wells No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 955 Awards VC DSO
Regiment Bedfordshire Regiment, commanding 4th Battalion
Later
Now Royal Anglian Regiment
Rank VC Won Acting Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Acting Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Gtr Manchester, England
Place Of Death Near the railway line west of Albert, France
Buried/Location Ashes Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, 2 miles north of Albert, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 3, Row E, Grave 12
Gazetted 24 April 1918
VC Presented 1 June 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, Arthur and Caroline Mary
Memorials
P Headstone, Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, 2 miles north of Albert, Somme, France
P Named on War Memorial, All Saint's Churchyard, Caddington, Bedfordshire
P Named on War Memorial, Markyate, Bedfordshire
P Named on War Memorial, St John the Baptist Church, Markyate, Bedfordshire
Named on War Memorial, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire
P Named on War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard, Marple, Cheshire
P Named on War Memorial, Memorial Park, Marple, Cheshire
Named on War Memorial, School Chapel, Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland
Named on War Memorial, Fircroft Dining Room, Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland
P Named on War Memorial, Old Boys of Aldeburgh Lodge School, St Peter & St Paul Church, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
P Named on Family Grave, Hughenden Manor Churchyard, Buckinghamshire
Memorial Plaque, All Saints Church, Caddington, Bedfordshire
P Memorial Plaque, St John the Baptist Church, Markyate, Bedfordshire
P Memorial Window, St John the Baptist Church, Markyate, Bedfordshire
P Memorial Plaque, St Ethelreda's Church, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland
P Named on Uppingham School Memorial, St George's Church, Ypres, Belgium
P Collings-Wells VC Memorial Hall, Chaul End Lane, Caddington, Bedfordshire
P Collings-Wells Close, Caddington, Bedfordshire
P Named on the Masonic Roll of Honour Scroll, First Vestibule, Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London
By The Way…
After University, he embarked on a career in the army, joining the Hertfordshire Militia in 1903
VC Held By
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, Luton Museum, Wardown Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
