Service No: 16207
Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/02/1918
Interred in Bangor Cemetery
Reginald John Collier was born on 15th October 1898 at 21 Strandmillis Gardens, Belfast, to William F. Collier, an accountant, and Marion F. Collier (nee Townsend). The family later moved to Evelyan Gardens on the Cavehill Road before settling in Bangor in the early 1900s.
Known as Jack, he was educated at Bangor Grammar School and Kings Hospital School, Dublin and took up a position in the Belfast Banking Company, working in their Cromac Street branch when he enlisted in early 1917.
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| A BE 2E which was the type of aircraft Jack was flying. |
He was also a member of the Queen's University Officer Training Corps in the years 1916-1917.
He transfered from the General List to the the Royal Flying Corp with the rank of Second Lieutenant in August 1917.
On 12th February 1918, Reginald was killed in a flying accident while training with 13 Training Squadron at RAF Yatesbury.
He is remembered on the war memorial in St. Comgall's parish church in Bangor and in the Queen's University Roll of Honour.
ROLL OF HONOUR
COLLIER – February 12, accidentally killed when flying, Reginald John Collier, Second-Lieutenant R.F.C., only son of W. F. Collier, 123, Hamilton Road, Bangor, aged 19. Funeral service in Bangor Parish Church this day (Saturday, 16th inst.), at 2.30. Funeral immediately after to Bangor New Cemetery.
Northern Whig, 16th February 1918.
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