While cleaning up some older posts on the site, I came across something that I discovered a year or more ago. The father of Herbert Turner Collings Jr. was a POW in World War One. I never dug in enough to do some of the background on Senior, and now have. My number one hopeContinue reading “The Collings’”
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PRIVATE HERBERT TURNER COLLINGS SR., U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: September 10, 1893 (Danbury, CT) – November 13, 1961 (Norwalk, CT); 68 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Olivia Bliss on October 6, 1921, in NorwalkCHILDREN: One son, Herbert T. Collings Jr. who served in the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division and was killed in the Philippines during World War II.LOCAL ADDRESS: Rowayton Avenue (1910), 19Continue reading “PRIVATE HERBERT TURNER COLLINGS SR., U.S. ARMY”
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HERBERT TURNER COLLINGS JR.; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: December 17, 1922 (Norwalk, CT) – December 16, 1944; 21 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 8 Reed Street, NorwalkENLISTMENT: May 30, 1942SERVICE NUMBER: 18089618UNIT: Troop E, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division FAMILY: Born to Herbert T. Sr. [WWI veteran; spent 11 months as a POW] (1893-1961) and Olivia Bliss Collings (1899-1979). Herbert Jr.Continue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS HERBERT TURNER COLLINGS JR.; U.S. ARMY”
Honor Norwalk CT veterans 