Producer Phil Collinson also paid tribute and dedicated the soap's win to the late actor.

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Mr Collinson's day job is working for Daily Information, an online guide to the city of Oxford.

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Alwyn Collinson began his six-year project on 31 August, on the eve of the invasion of Poland by Germany.

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Other Jersey torchbearers announced on Monday include Mark Harris, who ran seven marathons in seven days, and BBC Radio Jersey sports reporter Richard Collinson.

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Last question on our side is Stephen Collinson of AFP.

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Let me call on Stephen Collinson of AFP.

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He concluded that on the balance of probabilities, the deaths of Ptes Benton, James and Gray were self-inflicted, but he offered no conclusion on the death of Pte Collinson, whose inquest returned an open verdict earlier this month.

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