BORN HULL 1886. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM COLLINS (1852-1923) & ELIZABETH COLLINS. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS.
HIS WIFE ANNIE COLLINS LIVED AT 27, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL & 7, BRECON AVENUE, BRECON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
BEFORE THE WAR HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL OIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, STONEFERRY, HULL.
HE ENSLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25240, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE TYNESIDE SCOTS, AND WAS KILLED NEAR ARRAS, ON 05/06/1917, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 17TH JULY 1917.
First name:
JOSEPH
Military Number:
44131
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/06/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
30
