BORN LONG RISTON, SKIRLAUGH, YORKSHIRE, 14/08/1892. SON OF GEORGE BARTON COLLIER AND GERTRUDE SHEPHERD (1861-1932), OF ELLOUGHTON (1901 CENSUS) AND CLIFF ROAD, HORNSEA (1911 CENSUS) AND 2, MYRTLE BUNGALOWS, ISLE OF WHITE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
BROTHER OF GERTRUDE AND GORDON COLLIER.
A SEA APPRENTICE. HE RECEIVED HIS MATES CERTIFICATE, ON 16/07/1912. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. LIVED IN CHARMOUTH, DORSETSHIRE. LIEUTENANT OF THE SUBMARINE HMS “E22”. LOST IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA, ON 25/04/1916. AGED 23.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL.
HE LEFT £162 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, GERTRUDE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARY’S, LOWGATE, CHURCH MEMORIAL, HULL AND THE LEVEN, EAST RIDING, ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
EDWARD DESFORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
2645
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
25/04/1916
Place died:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Age:
23
