Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookne resulting from engine failure, 19 Aug. 1915; _unm._ For his gallantry in endeavouring to rescue Capt. Collet, Michael Sullivan Keogh, Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Ark Royal, received the Albert Medal (2nd Class), the official record [London Gazette, 14 Jan. 1916], being as follows: "On 19 Aug. 1915, an aeroplane, piloted by the late Capt. C. H. Collet, D.S.O., R.M.A., was ascending from Imbros Aerodrome, and had reached a height of 150 ft. when the engine stopped. The machine was upset by the powerful air currents from the cliffs, and fell vertically to the ground, while the petrol carried burst into flames, which immediately enveloped the aeroplane and pilot. Chief Petty Officer Keogh, upon arriving at the scene of the accident, at once made an attempt to save Capt. Collet by dashing into the midst of the wreckage, which was a mass of flames. He had succeeded in dragging the fatally injured officer nearly clear of the flames when he was himself overcome by the burns which he had received from the blazing petrol." Capt. Collet was regarded as one of the best naval airmen, having first attracted attention by his flying on the big biplane bought by the Admiralty from the Deutsche Flugzeug Werke of Leipzig in 1913. Early in 1914 he had this machine equipped with a huge petrol tank in place of the passenger's seat, and started from Plymouth on a non-stop flight to John o' Groats. He was brought down by engine trouble at Grimsby, but the flight stood as a British "record" for distance across country. While stationed at the Royal Naval Flying School at Eastchurch, Collet was the first officer in the Naval Air Service to loop the loop. A General officer with whom he served for a time on observation duty at the Dardanelles, wrote of him to his father in the highest terms. He held several trophies for boxing and shooting; he was a winner of the Navy and Marine light-weight boxing championship, and was in the final for the Army and Navy light-weight championships. He received the Distinguished Service Order 21 Oct. 1914, and was twice mentioned in Despatches: first by the Admiralty [London Gazette, 21 Oct. 1914], and again by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915]. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =Charles Herbert Collet.=] =COLLETT, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4691), S.S. 1669, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COLLIER, ALFRED ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2529), 215083, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COLLIER, FREDERICK HENRY=, Private, No. 9986, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), _s._ of Charles Collier, of 3, Beach Street, Dover; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 25 Oct. 1914. =COLLIER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9822, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 5 May, 1915; _m._ =COLLIER, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., 10587, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =COLLINGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9986, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Leyland, co. Lancaster; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914, aged 20; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing after the fighting on 25 Jan. 1915. =COLLINGS, WALLACE=, Private, No. 1627, 2nd Battn. South Lancashire Regt., 6th _s._ of Henry Bence Collings, of 16, Stour Street, Kirkdale, by his wife Helen, dau. of John Rowe, of Exeter; _b._ Liverpool, 20 July, 1895; educ. Council Schools there; enlisted 4 Oct. 1911, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 27 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =COLLINGWOOD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6540, 2nd Battn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd _s._ of the late John Collingwood, of Denton Burn, Scotswood, Northumberland, Coal Miner, by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of William Millar; _b._ Newburn, co. Northumberland, 25 Nov. 1876; educ. Denton Burn, and was afterwards employed at the Montagu Colliery, Denton Burn; enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers at Berwick-on-Tweed, 31 Oct. 1898, and served with them through the South African War, being present at operations in Paardeberg, Johannesburg and Cape Colony, for which he received the Queen's and King's medals and five bars, also a certificate for good services in the Mounted Infantry, 26 May, 1903. On the outbreak of the European War he was called to the Colours 4 Aug. 1914; left with the 2nd Battn. King's Own Scottish Borderers for France 15 Aug.; was in the Battle of Mons and the retreat to Compiègne, after which he returned home for a time on sick leave. He left again for the Front at the end of Oct., and was in the First Battle of Ypres and several subsequent engagements in Belgium, and was killed in action by shrapnel shell bursting in trench at the Second Battle of Ypres, 5 March, 1915. He was buried at Zillebeke, near Ypres. Private Collingwood _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 6 March, 1909, Mary Jane (98, Delaval Road, West Benwell, Newcastle), eldest dau. of Jacob Heslop, and had a son and two daus.: George Heslop, _b._ 13 Nov. 1911; Winifred, _b._ 11 Oct. 1909; and Eleanor, _b._ 1 April, 1914. =COLLINS, CHARLES JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1175), 194403, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER=, Able Seaman, No. 4727, R.N.R., 3rd and yst. _s._ of Christopher Collins, of 5, Ulster Lane, Drogheda, Sailor, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Drogheda, 27 May, 1886; educ. Christian Brothers' School there; joined the Navy in 1906, and was lost in the North Sea, when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Christopher Collins.=] =COLLINS, DAVID=, P.O., 1st Class, 208619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COLLINS, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3932), S.S. 101811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COLLINS, EDWARD WILLIAM ELGER=, Private, No. 7077, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action 25 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =COLLINS, ERNEST GEORGE STEPHEN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11488, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COLLINS, HARRY=, Sqdn. Sergt.-Major, No. 2358, Lord Strathcona's Horse (R.C.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late John Collins, Staff-Sergt., Royal Marine Artillery (who saw service in New Zealand war, and was champion shot of the British Army in 1877), by his wife, Clara Ann (14, St. Philip's Terrace, Gratton Road, Cheltenham), dau. of William Minnell, of Fratton, Portsmouth; _b._ Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, 22 April, 1877; educ. Amersham (Bucks) Commercial School; enlisted in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, July, 1896, and served 12 years. He was through the South African War (medal with two clasps), 1900-2, and after retiring, emigrated to Canada in 1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mo |