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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Collinson
Initials:R C
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:22574139
Notes:RMP. Died 8/10/1952. Died as a result of a road traffic accident whilst on exercise from which he later died in hospital in Austria. Annabichl is north of Klagenfurt. He was from Kippax, near Leeds. Grave Ref Row III. Grave 14. Born 18/6/1933.
Ronald Clitheroe Collinson.

Extract from Leicester Evening Mail, 9/10/1952.
L/Cpl Ronald Clitheroe Collinson (19) of the Royal Military Police died in hospital at Villach, British Army HQ in Klangenfurt, Austria reported.
Earlier yesterday he had been found unconscious beside the wreck of his motorcycle whilst taking part in a Army exercise.

Extract from the Halifax Courier, 9/10/52.
Soldier killed in Austrian road crash.
Klagenfurt, Austria, Thursday - L/Cpl Ronald Clitheroe Collinson (19) of the Royal Military Police, died last night in hospital at Villach, British Army HQ here said today.
Earlier yesterday he had been found unconscious beside the wreck of his motorcycle, while taking part in an army signals exercise.
Collinson's home was at 21 Park Avenue, Kippax, Nr Leeds. - Reuter.
Casualty Record:
Date of Death:Oct. 8, 1952
Company:105 PRO COY
CWGC Link:90909
Cemetery:KLAGENFURT (ANNABICHL) CEMETERY, AUSTRIA 🇦🇹
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