BORN HULL 1876. SON OF MOSES COLLINSON (1843-1878) AND THIRZA SHARP (1852-1936), OF 30, LILLLAC GROVE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, ADA. HIS BROTHER, FRANK COLLINSON, LIVED IN BROUGH. (HDM 07/12/1917). WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER.
HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 09/06/1908. HIS WIFE, MARGARET ANN BENNETT (1879-1957) AND FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 5, WALTON TERRACE, WALTON STREET, HULL & 5, WARWICK TERRACE, WARWICK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT BROUGH ON 23/01/1915. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/1279, “C” COMPANT, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS BATTALION). POSTED TO EGYPT ON 15/12/1915, AND THEN SENT TO FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 40. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 1ST JANUARY 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN LATER MOVED TO 5 WALTER’S TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD.
