BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THE REVEREND JAMES HALLIDAY (WESLEYAN MINISTER). HE ENLISTED IN MANCHESTER. EX, PRIVATE, 551 ASC. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 26. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, LUCY.
NOTE. “SOLDIERS DIED” RECORDS STATE THAT HE WAS BORN IN HULL. ALTHOUGH CENSUS RECORDS SAY HE WAS BORN IN BANBURY, OXFORD.
First name:
COLIN
Military Number:
44968
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/10/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
