Colluney, Joseph –

Son of Mrs. Colluney, of 5, Alpha Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted aged 15 in September 1914. Served in the Dardanelles in May 1915. Wounded in Meospotamia and sent to hospital Poona, India, where he died from burns. Also commemorated on Face 11 of the Kirkee Memorial, India.

Personal details

  • Surname: Colluney
  • Forename: Joseph
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: February 25th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: 43344
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Kirkee New Cemetery, Kirkee, India
  • CWGC reference: Plot B. Row 3. Grave 14.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 31/05/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c*

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