Second Lieutenant William Stewart Collen

Regiment: 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Date published: 24/09/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 07/08/1915
Age at death: 25
Cemetery: Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey
Plot: Special Memorial A. 5.
Information: Second Lieutenant William Stewart Collen, 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was killed in action on August 7th last at Suvla Bay. Lieut. Collen was a son of Mr. Joseph Collen, Homestead, Dundrum, and was very well known and popular in golfing circles around Dublin. He was one of the competitors at the Irish Close Championship last year. At the outbreak of war he at once volunteered and obtained his commission in the 6th Inniskillings.