posted on 2024-02-23, 14:35authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
This is my Great Grandfather, Wharton Rye Collinge who died from gas in the Great War. I am very fortunate to have all his battlefield and other documents.
Editor's Comment: Lieutenant Wharton Rye Collinge, 2nd/6th (Rifle) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), died of gas poisoning 7th August 1917 and is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery.
History
Identifier
4138.jpg|
GWA_2555_WhartonRyeCollinge.jpg|
Subject
Collinge, Wharton Rye
Date
July 1915 - August 1917
Date Created
01/07/1915
Temporal Coverage
31/08/1917
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Martin Collinge
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor