18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Florence Ellen Fordham    
                Born:  4 May 1889          in Cambridge  1,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1901                 in Cambridge   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
             Resided: 1946 - 1956          at 52 Foster Road, Trumpington  3
                Died: 1957                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 3)
              Buried: 1957                 in Trumpington  
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Harry Collins     
             Married: 1911                 in Cambridgeshire  1 (see note 4)
                Born: 17 Jun 1889            2
            Military: 3 Jun 1916 - 16 Aug 1916 General Service  5 (see note 5)
             Resided: 1939                 in Cambridge  2
          Occupation: 1939 - 1947          Public Works Labourer  
             Resided: 1946 - 1955          at 52 Foster Road, Trumpington  3
              Member: 1946 - 1955          Trumpington Horticultural Society  6 (see note 6)
              Member: 1947 - 1955          Trumpington Allotment Society  7
                Died: 1956                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 7)
              Buried: 1956                 in Trumpington  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Living      
                Born: (details excluded)     
                Wife: Living  b. (details excluded)  
           M Child 2: Michael Roy Collins      
                Born: 1933                 in Cambridge  4,8 (see note 8)
             Resided: 1953 - 1956          at 52 Foster Road, Trumpington  3
              Member: 1955 - 1956          Trumpington Horticultural Society  6 (see note 9)
              Member: 1955 - 1962          Trumpington Allotment Society  7
             Resided: 1957 - 1962          in Cambridge  7 (see note 10)
                Died: 24 Oct 2016          in Cambridgeshire  4 (see note 11)
                Wife: Living  b. (details excluded)  

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) Electoral Register. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) British Legion (Trumpington branch) application forms. 
(6) Trumpington Horticultural Society Trophy Winners. 
(7) Trumpington Allotment Society records. 
(8) GRO index. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Jun 1889 Cambridge 3b 509
Note (2) Age 11, born Cambridge St Barnabas, with family
Note (3) Jun 1957 Cambridge 4a 164   age 67
Note (4) Dec 1911 Chesterton 3b 1109
Note (5) Recruit 6425A
Note (6) Won the Forbes Trophy for highest points in Show every year from 1946 to
1955
Note (7) Sep 1956 Cambridge 4a 195   age 67
Note (8) Mar 1933 Cambridge 3b 534   mothers surname Fordham
Note (9) Won the Alpha Cup in 1955.
Won the Loveday Challenge Cup in 1956.
Won the Cornwell Challenge Cup in 1956.
Won the E Saville Peck Cup in 1956
Note (10) Cherry Hinton Road
Note (11) Cambridge CB21 born 1933

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