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Gnr. William "Lotte" Collins
British Army Royal Horse Artillery
from:Aldingbourne, Chichister, Sussex
My grandfather William Collins was born in 1900 in Chichester, Sussex. He ran away from home and joined the Army in 1915. He signed up with the Royal Horse Artillery, but I'm not sure where he enlisted or specifically which RHA unit he was assigned to. I know he was in the trenches in France and ended up in Cairo, where his regiment fired the gun salute at the birth of King Farouk in 1920.
I cannot find any record of him online, so I hope someone can give more information from the photos. On the back of photo 3 is written "Lotte, Darky, and Charlie". William, on the left, was called Lotte after Lotte Collins, a music hall star at the time.

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