Lt. Colonel James Joseph COLLINS^[1]

Abt 1837 - 1880  (43 years)

• Name	James Joseph COLLINS  [2]
  Prefix	Lt. Colonel
  Birth	Abt 1837
  Gender	Male
  _PPEXCLUDE	F
  _UID	1F3866D7670A4BD4A6D6FDC891E3FB9367B1
  Occupation	Col Collins 60th Rifles
  Death	1880	Afghanistan
  	Sibi Dysentry
  Burial	3 Feb 1881	Yateley, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I8322	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Constance Edith Emma UTTERTON,   b. 18 Sep 1852, Calbourne, , Isle of Wight, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1874	Winchester, , Hampshire, England   [2]
  Children	1. Rhoda Edith COLLINS,   b. 29 Apr 1875, Rochester, , Kent, England d. 15 Sep 1949, Sunora, Springs, , Free State, South Africa (Age 74 years)   2. Constance E COLLINS,   b. 1877, Winchester, , Hampshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Eva Mary COLLINS,   b. 1879, Winchester, , Hampshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F2654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1874 - Winchester, , Hampshire, England Death - 1880 - Afghanistan Burial - 3 Feb 1881 - Yateley, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Marriages Jun 1874 COLLINS James Joseph Winchester 2c 179 Utterton Constance Edith E Winchester 2c 179 Possible Match James Joseph Collins Male Event(s): Birth: 1837 Of, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Christening: Death: 08 OCT 1880 Burial: Parents: Father: William Family Mother: Eliz. Emma Smyth 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles (King's Royal Rifle Corps) Commanded by Lt. Colonel Joseph James Collins. The 60th Rifles joined the South Afghanistan Field Force, Reserve Division, at Multan in October 1878. November saw some companies of the regiment on escort duty to General Stewart and various Royal Artillery divisions, before they arrivied via the Bolan Pass at Quetta towards the end of December. On 8th January 1879 the 60th Rifles marched through Kandahar, which had surrendered on the previous day. They had an expedition to Kelat-i-Ghilzai before returning and camping at the old 1839 British barracks at Kandahar (where Collins joined and took command of his regiment), until the end of March 1880 when they marched with Stewart to Ghazni, taking part in the action at Ahmed Khel. After some time in the Logar valley, the regiment eventually moved to Kabul at the end of July. After the march to Kandahar in August the Rifles were engaged with the enemy during the reconnaisance of Baba-Wali, and during the following day in the Battle of Kandahar that defeated Ayub Khan. They reached Quetta again on 19th September, and then onto Sibi, where Lt. Colonel Collins died of dysentry. With Macgregor they went out against the Marri tribes and then finally returned to Mirat on 24th November 1880. While searching the records for Yateley, Hampshire for the family of one of Constance Uttertons sisters I came across this entry: James Joseph COLLINS, Lt Col 60th Royal Rifles. abode Nari Bank, Sibi, Afghanistan. Buried 3 Feb 1881 aged 43. Off minister was F Ernest UTTERTON (a brother of Constance).

  
  

• Sources

  [S268] Mary Kiely, Mary Kiely. [S5] Free BMD.