Date: 02/03/2010
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LCpl Mick Collins, No.5 Commando 5 Troop
Michael (Mick) Vincent Collins, 5 troop No.5 Commando.
Mick Collins met his good friend and Commando Pal, Geoff Hill, at the Kings Royal Rifle Corps recruiting office as they were enlisting. They later volunteered for special service in the Commandos together, trained at Achnacarry together and were paired up as Commando Pals. They fought side by side in Burma where they were both WIA on 23 March 1944. Post WWII they remained in close friends and stayed in contact until Mick sadly died in February 1956.
Michael Vincent 'Mick' Collins
b. 09.10.1925.
d. 16.02.1956.
[Photo owned & submitted by his son Nick Collins].
