Arthur Collis

A Private with the 5th Battalion, Arthur died on 22nd of June 1945 aged 31.

Arthur was born at Lowestoft on 9 July 1913, a son of Thomas William and Anne Elizabeth Collis. He was baptised at Saint Margaret’s Church on 29 July 1913 and his family lived at 271 Raglan Street. In 1939 his parents lived at 1 Maidstone Road.  

In 1937 Arthur married Ivy Baxter, this was registered in the Lothingland district. In 1939 they lived at Anstruthers, Chestnut Avenue, and Arthur was a butcher journeyman.  

Arthur enlisted in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and was transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion. The 5th battalion landed at Normandy on D-Day.

Official casualty lists show that Arthur was accidentally killed. His death was registered in the York district.