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VC977   Joseph Henry Collin

Name   Joseph Henry Collin   No.    977    POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   977   Awards   VC    

Regiment   King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment, 1/4th Battalion

Later   Kings Own Royal Border Regiment

Now   The Duke of Lancasters Regiment  

Rank VC Won    Second Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Second Lieutenant

Place Of Birth   Jarrow, Co. Durham, England

Place Of Death   Orchard Keep, Givenchy, France

Buried/Location Ashes   Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, near La Couture, 5 miles north-east of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)   Plot/Grave no.   Plot III, Row A, Grave 11

Gazetted   28 June 1918

VC Presented   25 July 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his parents, Mr & Mrs Joseph Collin

Memorials

P  Headstone, Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, near La Couture, 5 miles north-east of Bethune, Pas de Calais, France

P  Named on Family Headstone, Carlisle Cemetery, Richardson Street, Carlisle, Cumbria

P  Named on War Memorial, London Road, Opp Harraby Green Road, Carlisle, Cumbria

P  Named on War Memorial, Our Lady & St Joesephs RC Church, Warwick Road, Carlisle, Cumbria

P  Memorial Plaque, Regimental Chapel. The Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire

Memorial Plaque, Palmer Community Hospital, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear

P  Blue Plaque, Petteril Terrace, Harraby, Carlisle, Cumbria

P  Collin Place, off Harrogate Road, Carlisle, Cumbria

By The Way…

Before the war, he worked for the clothiers Hepworth & Son, which has now become NEXT.

VC Held By

King's Own Regiment Museum, City Museum, Market Square, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

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BORN   11 April 1893

DIED   9 April 1918  AGE   24

VC Won   9 April 1918   AGE   24

Place VC Won   Givenchy, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918