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Name: COLLINS, Thomas
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1892 Dalton in Furness, Lancs.
Death Date: 26 June 1939 Nairobi
First Date: 1925
Last Date: 1939
Profession: Motor mechanic KUR&H
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Southport 18 Mar 1916 Mabel Elizabeth Holmes b. 2 June 1897 Nottingham, d. 17 Feb 1969 Zimbabwe
Children: Cecil Festubert (17 Oct 1916 Nottingham-14 Jan 1948 Nairobi); Neville S. (1922 Prestwich-1926 Manchester)
Book Reference: Barnes
War Service: Manchester Regt., RFC
General Information:
Nairobi Forest Road cemetery - Thomas Collins, British, age 46, died 26/6/39
Blue Book 1936 appt 2.10 1925 Motor Mechanic, railway
EAS 27 June 1939 He died very suddenly in Nairobi. He had been engaged in mining in East Africa for a number of years but only came to Kenya in 1925. He had been employed by Gailey & Roberts for the last two or three years. He had pre-war Army service and was a physical instructor. Served with the Manchester Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps during the war. After the war he travelled in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa and then settled in Northern Rhodesia where he was engaged in the copper mines. He came up to East Africa and worked in Tanganyika in the Lupa gold fields and also at Lolgorien.