Date of birth 1874 Team Apps | Years Team Died 1915, Cape Helles | |
Date of death 15 May 1915 (aged 40–41) | ||
C. Frederick "Fred" Collinson (1874–15 May 1915) was an English football full back who played in the Football League for Darwen and Bury.
Personal life
Collinson joined the Lancashire Fusiliers of the British Army at age 15 in 1889, stating his age was 18. He eventually became a reservist but was recalled to rejoin the Fusiliers in November 1899, seeing action at Spion Kop and Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. Collinson was honourably discharged in April 1902 and returned to Bury to work as a gas meter inspector. He re-enlisted in the Lancashire Fusiliers during the early months of the First World War and was sent to Gallipoli with his battalion in May 1915. Days later, Collinson died of wounds caused by machine gun fire at Cape Helles. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.