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John Baxter COLLS [1910-1941]

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Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2021-12-18 10:58
Names
Given: 
John Baxter
Family: 
Colls
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1910-08-04
Birthplace (town, state): 
Woking, Surrey
Birthplace (country): 
England
Death
Date: 
1941-12-19

Entry in the list of casualties:

HKRNVR Colls J B Lieut.   date unknown missing, believed killed
Tags: 
HKRNVR
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Submitted by annpake on Sun, 2021-12-26 02:13.

1911 Census residing with parents Arthur and Nellie Alice Colls in Woking Surrey

19 February 1911  Christ Church Woking Surrey Baptisms of John Baxter Colls and Richard Hugh Colls

They were twins born 4 August 1910

Passenger List November 1935 Liverpool to Shanghai

John Baxter Colls age 25 clerk of Ranavie St George's Avenue Weybridge Surrey

Andrews Cards

Lieutenant John Baxter Colls previously reported missing is now reported as killed. Dearly loved son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Colls of Ranavie St George's Avenue Weybridge Surrey

Lieutenant Richard Hugh Colls  East  Surrey Regiment reported missing in Malaya Dearly loved son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Colls of Ranavie St George's Avenue Weybridge Surrey

Richard Hugh Colls died 1992 Leicestershire. He was a POW in Far East

Foreign and Overseas Records (Ancestry)

Lieutenant John Baxter Colls died 19 December 1941 Hong Kong

Probate Calendar His will was probated in 1947