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Service
Record Notes
COLLINS, CHARLES HENRY
68977
Long Service (All Arms except Calvary)
12 years with the Colours.
Attestation of
Charles Collins.
Name. Charles Collins.
Parish of Guildford
County. Surrey.
Age. 14 years - 6 months
Trade. Telegraph boy.
2, New buildings,
Walnut Tree Close,
Guildford.
Sir,
I am quite willing my son should join the
Army.
Yours truly,
H. Collins.
Next of kin –
Henry Collins (Father)
Louise (Mother)
Brother David.
Address. 2, The New Buildings, Walnut Tree
Close, Guildford.
Re-Engagement Paper.
Declaration to be made by a Soldier on
re-engaging to complete 21 years Army Service.
No. 6897 – Rank Corporal.
Name Charles Collins.
Serving with (Corps) The Kings Own
Regiment.
Enlisted 10th October 1901 for a
period of 12 years with the Colours.
24th May 1913.
Place- Lydd.
Employment Sheet.
The Kings Own Regiment of Foot.
Attested Aldershot 10/10/01.
Regt. No. 6897. Collins Charles.
Honest and sober and a very reliable hard
working man.
10/10/13.
Enlisted at Aldershot 10/10/01
Corps 1st Battalion The Kings
Own Regiment.
Particulars of Marriage.
No. 6897. Lance Sgt. Charles Henry Collins.
Marriage.
Charles Henry Collins - Bachelor.
Christian name of the woman – Mary Ellen
Hunt (Spinster)
St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Dover, Kent.
Date 4th April 1914.
Particulars of children. Bertha Olive. Date
17/4/14 Dover.
Army Pay Office. 15 February 1915.
To Mrs M. Collins, Sidney House, Malvern
Road, Dover.
Madam,
If you will forward the birth certificate
of your posthumous child, separation allowance will be paid.
Please attach this letter when forwarding
same.
Casualty Form – Active Service.
Promoted Sgt. 5/8/14.
Died from shell wound, both legs 27/10/14.
Buried in a Kemp? Churchyard Armentieres,
at a place called Le Maroc, 28/10/14.
Sydney House.
Malvern Road.
Dover.
1/3/15.
I sent my child certificate, which I should
have sent before. I have been too ill and had a nervous brake
down since my husband’s death.
Thanking you so much.
Yours ?????
Mrs M. Collins. (“brake” not "break"
written.)
No. 1 Sydney Terrace,
Malvern Road.
Sir,
As the wife of Sgt. C. H. Collins, 6897, B
Coy, 1st Batt. Kings Own, since the Regt. on Active
Service ---- I beg to inform you I have had no money since the
Regt. left Dover, and I am sadly in wait of same --- I am
living at the above address, which you will find me happy to
hear from you.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs Collins.
It looks as though Mary Ellen may have
married again: just readable ---
Widow – Sgt. C. F. Stewart/d 57 Re Fus.
Register Office, Dover 18/6/15.
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