Notes
The Parish Council website (see References) is the source of the extra information and carries this biographical detail: 'Thomas William Collingwood was born in 1899, his parents were Thomas Drury Collingwood (born in Riby) and Hannah Collingwood (born in Caistor) The 1901 Census records that the family was living in Great Coates, Thomas Senior was 43 and working as a Blacksmith. Hannah was also 43, they had three children Emily aged 17 who was a Dressmaker, Clara who was 10 and Thomas William who was 2. The family also had a boarder, George Taylor aged 45 who was an Agricultural Worker.
The 1911 Census sees the family living in Great Coates, but Emily has left, Clara is 20 and Thomas William is 12 and at school, Thomas Senior is still a Blacksmith and George Taylor who is now described as ‘the wife’s brother’ is still boarding with the family along with George Wilfred Taylor aged 3, a nephew.
Thomas William enlisted in Scunthorpe in the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment and sadly died, aged 19 on the 28th March 1918, recorded that he ‘died of wounds’. He is buried at the Le Cateau Military Cemetery in France.