Life story: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Arthur Edward Jeune
Initials	AEJ
Last Name	Collins
Source	6194037
First Names	Arthur Edward Jeune
Initials	AEJ
Last Name	Collins
Source	6194037

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date
29 Beaufort Road, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire	United Kingdom	parents address	known April 1901
Fairholm, Mitchett Road, Farnham, Hampshire	United Kingdom	their own address	known 2nd January 1915
The Rectory, Green Street, Little Hadham, Hertfordshire	United Kingdom	away from home address	known 1891

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army		Royal Engineers		Lieutenant
British Army		Royal Engineers	5th Field Company	Captain

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star with Clasp	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Arthur Herbert Collins	father
Esther Ida Collins	mother

Name	Relationship	Dates
Grace Collins	sister	1883
Herbert Collins	brother	1890
Norman Collins	brother	1898

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Ethel Augusta Slater	wife	29th April 1914

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Charlotte33
GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription	Charlotte33
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Charlotte33
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Charlotte33
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription	Janice2668

Reference	Connected by	More information
BBC feature on AEJ Collins	Charlotte33
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record	Charlotte33
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1858-1966	Janice2668
1901 Census	Janice2668
Web: Isle of Man Marriage Index 1606-1984	Janice2668
Wikipedia	Geoffrey4778
The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins	Hannah21187

Title	Connected by	More information
Photograph of AEJ Collins (left)	Charlotte33
A E J Collins	Peter5151
The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins	Hannah21187
Arthur Edward Jeune Collins, on an 1899 postcard	Yvonne27542
Captain Arthur Edward Jeune Collins	Yvonne27542

ID: 901004

Reference: WO372/4

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0901856

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6194032

Title: BBC feature on AEJ Collins

Description: BBC World War One at Home website

Connected by: Charlotte33

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q83dw
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Additional: Matches Medal Index Card

ID: 6194037

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1005999

Additional: Matches Medal Index Card and BBC feature

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

ID: 6194040

Title: Photograph of AEJ Collins (left)

Description: Collins (left) with R. P. Keigwin at Clifton College, in the school racquets team in 1902

Connected by: Charlotte33

Additional: AEJ Collins Wikipedia entry - image in the public domain

ID: 6194042

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

Description: Rank: Captain Date of Death: 11/11/1914 Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers 5th Field Coy., Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Panel Reference: Panel 9. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of the late A. H. Collins, I.C.S., and Mrs. Collins; husband of Ethel A. Collins, of 11, Park Mansions, Bath. In 1899 Arthur Edward Jeune Collins scored 628 not out in a house cricket match at Clifton College, which remains the highest individual score ever recorded anywhere in the world.

Connected by: Charlotte33

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1607348/COLLINS,%20ARTHUR%20EDWARD%20JEUNE
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Additional: Matches all other connected records

ID: 6194044

Reference: bmd_overseas_deaths_aro1

Title: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: BMD/OVS/ARO1/000072/004

Additional: Matches Soldiers died in the Great War

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6194046

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBM/MCI/5383687

Additional: Matches other Medal Index Card

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6194047

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Charlotte33

UPP: GBC/1891/0008333830

Additional: Matches details of death

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 6652558

Title: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1858-1966

Description: Record on Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Janice2668

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_222896-00495/4513995?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dUKProbateCal%26h%3d4513995%26ti%3d5538%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t62894431_p32261413787_kpidz0q3d32261413787z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t62894431_p32261413787_kpidz0q3d32261413787z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Surname, Christian names, military details, date and place of death match.

ID: 6652646

Reference: gbm_derevigny

Title: De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Janice2668

UPP: GBM/DR/8369

Additional: Surname, Christian names, date of death, military details, place of death, father and wife details match.

Credit: © Naval and Military Press

ID: 6652660

Title: 1901 Census

Description: Record on Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Janice2668

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/7814/GLSRG13_2365_2367-0843/12799809?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3duki1901%26h%3d12799809%26ti%3d5538%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t62894431_p32261413787_kpidz0q3d32261413787z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t62894431_p32261413787_kpidz0q3d32261413787z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Surname, Christian names and age match.

ID: 6652671

Title: Web: Isle of Man Marriage Index 1606-1984

Description: Record on Ancestry.co.uk

Connected by: Janice2668

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebASM-9218&h=20960&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t62894431_p32261413787_kpidz0q3d32261413787z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid
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Additional: Surname, Christian names and father's name match.

ID: 8533513

Title: Wikipedia

Description: Biography of A. E. J. Collins

Connected by: Geoffrey4778

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._J._Collins
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ID: 8554507

Title: A E J Collins

Connected by: Peter5151

ID: 8570647

Name: Vol. 1 Aug-Dec 1914; The Biographies: pg. 83

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins

Description: Entry in "The Bond of Sacrifice: a biographical record of all British officers who fell in the Great War".

Connected by: Hannah21187

URL: https://archive.org/stream/bondofsacrificeb01clut#page/82/mode/2up
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ID: 8570648

Title: The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins

Description: As featured in "The Bond of Sacrifice"

Connected by: Hannah21187

The Bond of Sacrifice: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins

ID: 9335946

Title: Arthur Edward Jeune Collins, on an 1899 postcard

Description: In cricket attire.

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: By Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68437510

Arthur Edward Jeune Collins, on an 1899 postcard

ID: 9513207

Title: Captain Arthur Edward Jeune Collins

Description: Captain Arthur Edward Jeune Collins MID. Unit: 5th Field Comapany, Royal Engineers. Death: 11 November 1914 Killed in action at Polygon Wood near Ypres Western Front | CWGC information: Son of the late A. H. Collins, I.C.S., and Mrs. Collins; husband of Ethel A. Collins, of 11, Park Mansions, Bath. In 1899 Arthur Edward Jeune Collins scored 628 not out in a house cricket match at Clifton College, which remains the highest individual score ever recorded anywhere in the world. | Head portrait press cutting

Connected by: Yvonne27542

Additional: From the IWM Bond of Sacrifice Collection - https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205292477

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