Relationship | with Living
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| Birth |
10 Mar 1892 |
Bainton, , Yorkshire, England  [1] |
- First name(s) WILLIAM ALBERT
Last name COLLINSON
Birth year 1892
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Maw
District Driffield
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9D
Page 359
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Great Britain, England
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
31 Mar 1901 (9 years) |
Rowley, , Yorkshire, England [2] |
| Half Penny Gate, Rowley St Peter, Bentley and Risby |
| Military |
- Name: Albert William Collinson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1892
Birth Place: Driffield Yorks
First Service Date: 20 Oct 1916
First Ship Served On: Pembroke II
Last Service Date: 9 Jul 1917
Last Ship Served On: Vanguard
Service Number: K37221
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| Obituary |
1917 (24 years) [4] |
- http://www.undyingmemory.net/Soham/collinson%20albert.html
COLLINSON, Albert William
No.K/37221, Stoker 2nd class, Albert William COLLINSON
Aged 25
HMS Vanguard
formerly Y/4631 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves.
Died in explosion of HMS Vanguard on Monday, 9th July 1917
Albert William Collinson was born on 10th March 1892 (Naval records) in Bainton, Yorkshire,(Driffield Q2-1892 9D:359), son of Henry and Charlotte COLLINSON (née MAW).
1901 census...Aged 9, as Albert E, he was at Half Penny Gate, Bentley & Risby, Beverley,with his father Henry COLLINSON [37] horseman on farm, born Middleton on the Wold; his mother Charlotte [35] born Watton, Yorks; sister Mary A [15] and brother Amos [3]. All three children were born in Bainton.
1911 census...he has not been found in this census. His parents were at North Gate, Walkington, Beverley with his brother Amos [13] and Annie [9] born Risby, E.Yorks.
In Q2-1916 in Soham he married Ethel Jane FLETCHER [20-3-1896] of Soham Fen. Their daughter Audrey was born on 26-8-1916.
His Naval Service record has him signed at Chatham on 20th October 1916 for hostilities only, born Driffield, Yorkshire, a farm labourer. He was 5 feet 9 inches (175.3 cm) tall, chest 38.5" (97.8 cm), brown hair and eyes. He underwent training at HMS Pembroke II ( a "stone frigate" ie shore base) before posting to HMS Vanguard on 30th January 1917.
Just before midnight on 9th July 1917 at Scapa Flow, HMS Vanguard suffered an explosion, probably caused by an unnoticed stokehold fire heating cordite stored against an adjacent bulkhead in one of the two magazines which served the amidships gun turrets 'P' and 'Q'.[1] She sank almost instantly, killing an estimated 804 men; there were only two survivors.
In terms of loss of life, the destruction of the Vanguard remains the most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the U.K., and one of the worst accidental losses of the Royal Navy. The official terminology for these deaths is "Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action"
Local press report:-
Mrs. A. Collinson, of Soham Fen, has received official information that her husband, Stoker Albert W. Collinson of H.M.S. Vanguard is reported missing. The late Stoker Collinson, who hails from Yorkshire, had been resident in Soham for some time, and his young widow is a native of Soham Fen. He enlisted in the Navy in October,1916, and underwent the usual course of training at Chatham until the New Year, when he undertook duties on the vessel which was unfortunately doomed to destruction. The widow is left with one child.
and
COLLINSON - In loving memory of my dear husband, Stoker Albert W. Collinson, H.M.S. Vanguard, of Soham Fen, who lost his life by an explosion on his ship, July 9th, 1917, aged 25 years.
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| Military |
9 Jul 1917 (25 years) |
| WW1 |
- First name(s) Albert William
Last name Collinson
Birth year 1892
Birth day 10
Birth month Mar
Birth town Driffield
Birth county Yorkshire
Death year 1917
Death date 09/07/1917
Service number K.37221. (CH)
Rating Sto. 2nd.
Service R.N.
Ship/unit HMS Vanguard
Cause of death Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action
Cemetery Body not recovered for burial
Location of grave Not recorded
Relatives notified Widow. Ethel J., Soham Fenn, Cambs.
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from United Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown
© Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010
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| Military |
9 Jul 1917 (25 years) |
| WWI |
- First name(s) Albert William
Last name Collinson
Birth year 1892
Age 25
Death year 1917
Death date 09 Jul 1917
Number K/37221
Rank Stoker 2nd Class
Unit H.M.S. "vanguard."
Regiment Royal Navy
Grave reference 24.
Cemetery or memorial Chatham Naval Memorial
Burial country United Kingdom
Additional information Son of Henry and Charlotte Collinson, of Walkington, Yorks; husband of Ethel J. Collinson, of Soham Fen, Cambs.
Link https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War First World War, 1914-1918
Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from United Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown
© Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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| Name |
Albert Wilkiam Collinson |
| _UID |
5B10521C2DCF4C4588677AFD94AF046E819F |
| Death |
9 Jul 1917 |
RN HMS Vanguard at Scapa Flow |
- http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/vanguard/
COLLINSON, Sto. 2nd Cl. Albert William K/37221. R.N. H.M.S. "Vanguard" Killed by internal explosion of vessel at Scapa Flow 9th July, 1917. Age 25. Son of Henry and Charlotte Collinson, of Walkington, Yorks; husband of Ethle J. Collinson, of Soham Fen, Cambs. 24.
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Origins |
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| Patriarch & Matriarch |
Collinson, Jabez
b. Between Jan and Mar 1839, Gilberdike,, Yorkshire, England
d. Between Oct and Dec 1882, District Malton (Grandfather) 
Mary
b. Abt 1800, Doncaster,, Yorkshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother) |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I11742 |
The Family Maw |
| Last Modified |
15 Apr 2022 |
English
1892 - 1917 (25 years) 
Has 20 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
Collinson, Henry
Collinson, Audrey
