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Collier, Lionel Williams, son of Roy Collier, of West Brompton; b. Sept. 5, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (G); left Easter 1909; served in France with the London Rifle Brigade and obtained a commission in the Somerset Light Infantry April 5, 1915; wounded May 5, 1915; transferred to R.A.F.; wounded again July 1, 1917; m. June 11, 1921, Marjory Vyse, only child of Charles Willoughby Williams, of Chelsea, barrister-at-law.

Collins, Henry Akerman Desmond, son of Henry Ellis Collins, of Barnes, by Mary, daughter of William Henry Hine Akerman, of Bridgwater, Somerset; b. Nov. 8, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left Dec. 1897; adm. a solicitor Dec. 5, 1904; asst. solicitor to the Metropolitan Water Board 1905; solicitor 1930-40; Capt. 11th Batt. London Regt. May 27, 1914; Major Sept. 3, 1916; served with the 54th (East Anglian) Div. in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine; 2nd i/c and O. C., 57th Batt. Kent H. G., 1940-5; Major; T. D.; m. Aug. 28, 1913, Winifred, daughter of Charles Wakely, of Sidcup, Kent.

Collins, James Mottershead, son of James Mottershead Collins, of Sydenham, Kent; b., June 21, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1893.

Collins, John Barrington, brother of Wilfred Desmond de Fonblanque Collins (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1920; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1934; a tobacco grower in S. Rhodesia; served in WW2 with Rhodesian forces; d. 2009.

Collins, Lancelot Owen, son of Owen Hyman Collins FRIBA of Maidenhead, and Gertrude Olive Harrington of Reading; b. 12 Mar. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (B); left Dec. 1932; ARIBA 1938; served Recce Corps in WW2; sen. asst architect Middx CC; jun. asst architect Isle of Ely CC 1962-6; princ. asst architect King's Lynn BC 1966-73; asst district architect W. Norfolk DC 1973; m. 1st 1 Sept. 1939 Diana Margaret, d. of Ernest Lancaster-Jones, chief librarian S. Ken­sington Science Museum; 2nd Margaret, d. of Frank Thorn of Warrington, Lancs; d. 30 Jan. 1988.

COLLINS, VINCENT; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1636; KS 1637. [Presumably Vincent Collins, son of Thomas Collins, and Dorothy ---, bapt. St. Bride, Fleet Street 23 Oct 1622 (IGI); his parents were doubtless Thomas Collins and Dorothy Vinson (sic), who had m. at St. Benet, Paul Wharf 13 Dec 1621]

Collins, Wilfred Desmond de Fonblanque, son of William Frederick Collins (qv); b. 6 Oct. 19 I 7; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1934; resident in S. Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe; Rhodesian Forces 1939-41 (Lieut.), Gen. List 1941-6; ADC to Governor of British Somaliland; reappointed Rhodesian Forces Apr. 1946.

Collins, William Alexander, son of William Collins, M. D., of Chelsea; b. Nov. 26, 1879; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); left April 1897.

Collins, William Frederick, brother of Henry Akerman Desmond Collins (q.v.); b. Jan. 19, 1883; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left Dec. 1897; Royal School of Mines; London Univ.; a mining engineer; adm. to the Inner Temple Nov. 18, 1909; became a tobacco grower at lnjino, Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia; served in Great War I as Capt. of Chinese Labour Corps, and as Staff-Capt. Salvage Control, G. H. Q.; author of Mineral Enterprise in China (1919) and Dogs of China and Japan (1921); m. Dec. 7, 1916, Mary Evelyn de Fonblanque; d. 1961.

Collins, William John, brother of James Mottershead Collins (q.v.); b. April 10, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left Sept. 1896.