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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Thursday 04 October 18 22:02 BST (UK)  »
Thank you AVM and Mabel and everyone else who has taken the trouble to dig around for me, I really appreciate it.  I think I’m going to have to keep everything crossed that someone with matching DNA to connect to my husband and Reginald appears. Thank you again.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Thursday 04 October 18 19:16 BST (UK)  »
I think that’s very likely, however he must’ve lived close to Daisy 9 months before at least as none of the family travelled out of the district in those days, they were just farm labourers.  It’s his earlier life I’m finding a total brick wall.  For instance, why has he no military record ?

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Thursday 04 October 18 16:01 BST (UK)  »
Have found birth certificate for first child, Kathleen, dated 15/10/15 (just one month after the marriage).  On that certificate he is definitely Army Service Corps Journeyman Baker.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Thursday 04 October 18 15:57 BST (UK)  »
Hi,  yes it could well be Army Service Corps.  No entry in father or father's occupation columns.  Address given as New Barracks, looks like 'Fermoy'

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Thursday 04 October 18 15:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi AVM228,  sorry I've been so long coming back, confirm that yes Reginald Collins was born on 23/5/1892 (got this from 1939 register).
Found marriage cert, 1/09/1915 to Daisy New. Witnesses Florence May New (Daisy's sister) and Percy Prior (don't know who he is).
Occupation Private in Army ? Corps, Journeyman Baker ?

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Wednesday 03 October 18 16:39 BST (UK)  »
No I don’t think so.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Wednesday 03 October 18 16:38 BST (UK)  »
The nearest match I found was in the New Forest.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Wednesday 03 October 18 16:22 BST (UK)  »
I don’t think so, my husband remembers him as a Hampshire accented person. All my husbands family were farm workers and didn’t stray far from home. He remembers Reg as ring a forestry worker.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Collins in Hampshire
« on: Wednesday 03 October 18 16:00 BST (UK)  »
Yes that’s it. The middle name “Howard” appears on his death cert and his grave stone. There were quite a lot of Reginald Collins’ around but he seems to be the only one with Howard.

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