Private Robert Collin

Private Robert Collin, 7th ( Service ) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment ). He was killed in action in France, aged 35, on 21st March 1918 on the first day of the German March Offensive and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Pozieres, Somme ,France. He had been born in Eyemouth and was the son of Thomas and Isabella Collin of 3 Paxton, Terrace, Eyemouth. he was educated at the Berwickshire High School, Duns where he became a pupil/teacher and graduated from Durham University. He was teaching in Newcastle when he enlisted in November 1915 under the Derby Scheme.  He originally was sent to the Northumberland Fusiliers but in France was posted to the 5th Battalion, West Yorks before being transferred to The Buffs in March 1918. The photographs show Allied troops in defensive positions preparing to resist the advancing Germans.

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