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Gerald Thurston Cole Collins

Rank Lieutenant
Born 08/09/1890 St Columb Major

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HMS Tipperary

Class Faulknor class Destoyer

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Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer and is located on Southsea Common. There are 24,593 identified casualties listed of which 10,000 were sailors in World War One. The memorial was unveiled by the Duke of York (future King George VI) on 15th October 1924

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Died 01/06/1916 Battle of Jutland Portsmouth Naval Memorial Wounded Killed in Action Next of kin address Cornwall England Callington Newton Ferrers House England Violet, Evelyn Percival Mother Ellen Maud Collins Father Thurstan Collins More info 1911 census: Sub-Lieutentant. His name also appears on the war memorials at Pillaton, Cornwall, Newquay, Cornwall and in St Michael's Church, Newquay.