BORN ANLABY, HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY AND ALICE COLLINE, OF 14 DITMAS AVENUE, ANLABY COMMON AND THE POPLARS, POCKLINGTON. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A WAGONER ON RAWDALES FARM, WILLERBY AND PRIOR TO WAR A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER, AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS DEPOT, SPRING BANK, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/04/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS, DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 32/447, 16TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 06/08/1916, AGED 24. HE IS BURIED AT FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS. HIS PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE (BORN 1870), AT THIS ADDRESS (PENSION LEDGER RECORDS)
HIS NAME IS ONE OF 31 LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY.
HE ENLISTED WITH HIS BROTHER, DRIVER, WALTER COLLINS, WHO SERVED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AND LIVED AT 69 REGENT STREET, HULL
