Personal Profile

Collyer, Alexander

Date of Birth: 17/4/1881, Buckden, Hunts
Occupation: Painter (1911)
Employer: Own Account (1911)
Enlisted - Date: 10/12/1915*
Enlisted - Loc: St Neots*

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 17/4/1881, Buckden, Hunts. Parents - James H (Blacksmith) & Octavia

1891 - Toll House, Offord Cluny, Hunts. 9yo. Scholar. W parents & 5 sibs

1901 - Mill Rd, Offord Cluny. 19yo. Occ-Painter/Glazier. W parents & 2 younger sibs

1906 - Married Susan Elizabeth Gilbert, Q4, St Neots

1911 - Hunts End, Buckden, Hunts. 29yo. Occ-Painter House. W Elizabeth & Gladys

1921 - Kings Lane, St Neots. 40y2m. Occ-Painter, Own Account. W wife, Elizabeth & Gladys (1907)

1939 - 9 Avenue Rd, St Neots. DOB 17/4/1881. Occ-Painter & Decorator. W Susan E

1964 - Died 2/9/1964, aged 83, Add-9 Avenue Rd, St Neots. Effects to Gladys Alexandra Whitmee (daughter)

Address:
St Neots

Military Service

No SR

Likely enlisted 10/12/1915, St Neots, Likely no 1610

Mobilised late May 1916

Messrs T Fensome, A Collyer, and J Cole have joined the 2/1 Welsh (How) Brigade, RFA.

St Neots Advertiser, 2/6/1916 (FMP)

Fensome is 1608, Coles is 1609

Nothing else

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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