BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES & CATHERINE COLLINS, OF 1354, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. BROTHER OF CHARLES, STANLEY, MABEL AND ELSIE.
HE WORKED AS A FRENCH POLISHER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST.
HE MARRIED GERTRUDE ALICE CHEESEBROUGH, iBORN 23/5/1890), ON 14/10/1909, AT HULL’S HARLEY STREET REGISTRY OFFICE. THEY LIVED AT NUMBERS, 4, AND 5, DOVER CRESCENT, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL (ARMY & WAR PENSION RECORDS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, JAMES EDGAR AND WINIFRED.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 06/12/1915. MOBILIZED ON 10/04/1916, AGED 26 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/07/1916. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 07/11/1916, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, AT THE SOMME.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/11/1916 & 07/11/1919.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, GERTRUDE, WHO WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 22 SHILLINGS AND 11 PENCE FOR HERSELF AND TWO CHILDREN.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLARS OF ST MARY’S CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
