BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE & CATHERINE (KATE) COLLIER (1860-1930), OF 19, NEW PARADE, DANSOM LANE, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 130, DANSOM LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) . BROTHER TO HARRY, ROBERT, JOHN, SARAH, HARRIET & HANNAH ELVIN.
HE MARRIED MARY ANNE HACKETT AT HULL, IN 1907. HUSBAND OF MARY ANNE (BORN 21 MAY 1887), AT 3, NILE STREET, HULL & 1, MINERVA TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE HAD ONE APOTED SON, GEORGE GIBSON, BORN ON 15 JULY 1911. IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WAS A HULL DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/10/1914, AGED 28.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MARY ANNE.
HE IS LISTED IN UK, De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, VOLUME 3, PAGE 91.
