Some statistics about the men of Collingham, Linton and Micklethwaite during World War 2

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• Marital status, rank and deaths
• What units did they serve in?
• Death rates per unit
• Ages and life timelines

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Marital status, rank and deaths

Men and women, married and single all served in World War 2. This section shows some statistics for the people who served.

ARMED FORCES	CIVIL DEFENCE
Gender	Gender

 

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What units did they serve in?

The men and women of Collingham and Linton served in many regiments. Around 34% of these are as yet unidentified, but we continue to work on trying to identify men, women and their service. Please contact us if you have any information that might help. Even the smallest piece of information can help us make a connection.

Notes: Support units include Labour Corps, Army Pay Corp, Army Ordnance Corps, Army Service Corps and Royal Defence Corps. The term 'Armoured' is used here for members of the Royal Armoured Corps, the Royal Tank Regiment and the Royal Reconnaissance Corps as well as other modern armoured units.

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Death Rates per unit

It is interesting to see the proportion of soldiers who died during service for each of the types of unit identified above.

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Ages and life timelines

For each identified serviceman or woman, this section shows their year of birth and the timeline below shows when the were born and died.