Collins Papers
1879 Jan 20. Born Springwell, Gateshead, Durham
1881 census at Cuthbert St, Gateshead
1897 Aug 24. Enlists in Northumberland Fusiliers # 5216
1905 Jan 3. Married in Wynberg S Africa to Eleanora Sophia Peterson
1905 Aug 25 Transfers to Army Reserve
1909 Aug 23 Discharged from Army Reserve at end of engagement
1911 census at 1 Chester Road West Hartlepool
1914 Oct 2. Enlisted in Royal Berkshire Reg. CQMS # 9508
1915 Aug 25 Posted to France
1916 Jul 11 Posted back to UK
1920 Oct 2. Demobbed for Army
1921 Feb 19, RIC no 82981 & Adric 521 (500) Accepted in Ireland. ex-Soldier & Clerk
1921 Feb 19. Posted to 4 Gds
1924 Daughter Hilda Dorcas married in Johannesburg aged 18 , consent given by "stepfather"
1939 Register Living at 35 Graham Avenue, Ealing, Ealing . He is a Store Clerk and wife Sarah A (b1881)
1948 He marries Sarah A Parkes in Ealing
1951 Died Ealing aged 73
I cannot see what happened to his first wife Eleanora, who disappears after 1913. She may have returned to South Africa from seeing the history of her children