Arthur Collins

A Skipper with Trawler Queen of Devon (Lowestoft), Arthur died on 20th of December 1914 at the age of 38.

Arthur was born at Lowestoft in 1876, a son of William and Hannah Elizabeth Collins. In 1881 his family lived at 38 Stevens Street. They were still living at 38 Stevens Street in 1891 and Arthur worked as a general labourer. 

On 15 September 1896 Arthur married Johanna Forder at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Arthur was a fisherman living at 38 Stevens Street and Johanna lived at 9 Thurston Road. By 1898 they were living at 11 Factory Street. In 1901 they lived at 12 Factory Street and Arthur was a fisherman. In 1911 their home was at 37 Beckham Road. Later Johanna lived at 23 Wilde Street, Lowestoft. She remarried in 1920.  

His son Arthur who was also serving on the Queen of Devon died at the same time. His son William died in 1917 in the loss of the trawler Chrysolite. 

On Tuesday 15 December 1914 the Queen of Devon sailed from Lowestoft. On 20 December an explosion was heard around fifty-five miles east by north of Lowestoft and it was presumed that the Queen of Devon had struck a mine. 

See: World War One – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)

Named on Saint Margaret's War Memorial.

Arthur's brother-in-law George Forder died in an air raid in 1941.