The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…
1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and
in May, 1912, joined Lord Strathcona’s Horse as a Corpl. He was made
Sqdn. Sergt.-Major in June, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on
the outbreak of war in Aug.; came over with the first contingent, went
to the Front in April, 1915, and was killed in action at Neuve Eglise,
26 July, 1915, by a shell as he was leaving the trenches. He was buried
with full military honours in Neuve Eglise churchyard, “just over the
wall near the tree”; _unm._
[Illustration: =Harry Collins.=]
=COLLINS, HARRY=, Private, No. 2631, 1/4th Battn. Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Charles Collins, of 53, Stretton
Road, Addiscombe, Decorator; _b._ East Grinstead, co. Sussex, 28
May, 1892; educ. Croydon Council School; enlisted 24 Oct. 1914; and
_d._ in Amarah Military Hospital, 26 Oct. 1915, while serving
in the Persian Gulf, and was buried in the British Cemetery there;
_unm._
=COLLINS, HENRY SILVESTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4458, I.C. 238),
233478, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLLINS, HERBERT CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25469 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=COLLINS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5107), 199840, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLLINS, RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 9882, 1st Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of the late (--) Collins, and nephew of Mrs.
Collins, of 7, Tower Street, Harrogate; _b._ Brentford, co.
Middlesex, 24 May, 1885; enlisted in 1904, and after serving in the
Northumberland Fusiliers for eight years, joined the East Riding
of Yorkshire Constabulary in Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of war, 5
Aug. 1914, he was recalled to his regt. and went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres,
6 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Corpl. Collins had served with his regt. in
India, and had taken part in some frontier fighting, for which he had a
medal. He was one of the best shots in the regt.
[Illustration: =Richard Collins.=]
=COLLINS, SAMUEL=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 23622 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLLINS, STANLEY BERTRAM=, Naval Schoolmaster, M. 4740, H.M.S.
Hawke, _s._ of William Collins, of 46, West Side, Wandsworth
Commons, S.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=COLLINS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106440, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=COLLINS, WILLIE GEORGE=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1562),
115537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLLISSON, CEDRIC HAZLEDINE=, Sergt., No. 16846, 7th Battn. (1st
British Columbia Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._
of the late Rev. Sydney Garbett Collisson, Vicar of Bradford-on-Avon,
and Minor Canon of Bristol Cathedral, by his wife, Sophy (8, Westfield
Park, Bristol), dau. of the Rev. William Hazledine, Vicar of The Temple
Church; _b._ Bristol, 24 Aug. 1887; and was educ. Warminster
Grammar School (1 Jan. 1898–July, 1906) and Bristol University.
He entered the teaching profession, was a Lieut. in the Devon
Territorials, and in 1910 proceeded to Canada, where he joined the
staff of the University School at Victoria. There he was offered and
accepted a Lieutenancy in the 88th Victoria Militia Regt., in which he
served until the outbreak of the European War, obtaining his Captain’s
certificate. In order that he might at once proceed to England with
the first Canadian Contingent, he resigned his commission and enlisted
in the 7th Battn. British Columbia Regt., and was immediately promoted
Sergt. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to
France in Feb. 1915, and was mortally wounded in action at Hill 60 on
24 April, 1915, and died two days later. He was _unm._
[Illustration: =Cedric Hazledine Collisson.=]
=COLSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, Sergt., No. 6285, 1st Battn. (West Ontario
Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Corpl.
John Colson, R.F.A., by his wife, Ellen, dau. of George Weller, of
Wilmington; _b._ Erith, co. Kent, 25 Nov. 1878; educ. Erith Board
School; enlisted in the R.F.A. 1 Dec. 1896; served 16 years--seven
years with the Colours and nine years with the Reserve--including
four and a-half years abroad; obtained his discharge, 30 Nov. 1912;
went to Canada, 30 Oct. 1913; was employed at Ford’s Motor Works,
Windsor, Ontario; on the outbreak of war joined in the West Ontario
Regt., and was appointed Sergt.; came over with the first contingent
in Oct. 1914, and was stationed at Bustard Camp, Salisbury, during the
winter of 1914–15; went to the Front, 6 Feb. and was killed in action
at Ypres, 24 April, 1915, when the Canadians so gallantly “saved the
situation.” He was buried in a grave with 16 others on the east side of
the Ypres to Pilkem Road, near the shrine about 400 yards from where
the pontoon bridge crosses the road. He _m._ at All Saints’
Church, Belvedere, Kent, 5 Aug. 1905, Emily (32, Upper Grove Road,
Belvedere, Kent), yst. dau. of Richard Spicer, of Belvedere, and had
five children; Cyril Arthur, _b._ 27 March, 1906; Albert William,
_b._ 10 April, 1913; Kathleen Adelaide, _b._ 13 Dec. 1907;
Winifred Emily, _b._ 10 Aug. 1909; and Margaret Ellen, _b._
21 July, 1911.
[Illustration: =William John Colson.=]
=BOWEN-COLTHURST, ROBERT MACGREGOR=, Capt., 4th (Special Reserve),
attd. 1st, Battn. Leinster Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Robert
Walter Travers Bowen-Colthurst, of Oak Grove, etc., J.P., by his
wife, Georgina de Bellasis (Oak Grove, Killinardrish, co. Cork), only
dau. of Alfred Greet, of Dripsey House, co. Cork, J.P.; _b._
Oak Grove, Killinardrish, co. Cork, 15 Sept. 1883; educ. Harrow and
Trinity College, Cambridge, and on leaving the latter in 1905 joined
the staff of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, first as assistant private
secretary, and later as vice-chamberlain, which post he held until