Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRobert William COLLER
Birth28 Dec 1910, Balham, London, England
Death20 May 1994, Abington, Oxfordshire, England
Spouses
1Dorothea Mary DEAKES, Half 4C1R*
, Half 4C1R*Birth26 Dec 1912, Cawnpore, Bengal, India
Baptism26 Jun 1913, Cawnpore, Bengal, India
Death11 Apr 1986, Swindon, Wiltshire
FatherGeorge Horace DEAKES (1872-1945)
MotherMillicent Dorothy GRANGE (1895-1967)
Marriage4 Sep 1938, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Notes for Robert William COLLER
Full name courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny Kendrick
Birth date and location and death date and location from Christopher Rack - Rack Family tree at ancestry.co.uk
In the 1911 census 23 Zennor Road, Balham, Streatham, Wandsworth, London
Head Francis William Coller, age 41, jobbing gardener, worker, born Rowlands Castle, Hampshire
Wife Emily Coller, age 29, married 6 years, 3 children born alive 3 still living, born Leeds, Yorkshire
originally under the husband’s name, then under her’s but stroked out 8 children born alive - 7 still living. Thus some would be from the husband’s previous marriage.]
Son Frederick William Coller, age 12, born Balham
Son Ernest Ralph Coller, age 10, born Balham
Daughter Dorothy Sarah Coller, age 5, born Balham
Daughter Lilian Coller, age 2, born Balham
Son Robert William Coller, age 3 months, born Balham
In the 1921 census 24 Zennor Road, Balham, Wandsworth Borough, London
Head Frederick M. Coller, married, age 52 years 10 months, born Rowlands Castle, Hslemere, out of work
Wife Emily Coller, age 40 years, married, born Leeds, Yorkshire, home duties
Daughter Dorothy Coller, age 15 years 7 months, born Balham, London, out of work
Daughter Lilian Coller, age 12 years 3 months, born Balham, whole time at school
Son Robert William Coller, age 10 years 6 months, born Balham
Daughter Florence Emily Coller, age 8 years 8 months, born Balham, whole time at school
UK Military Records
Robert William Coller, Army Number 5882828, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born December 28 1910, labourer carpenter and joiner, Church of England
Enlisted March 29, 1932, London
Home March 29 1932 to October 20 1933
Home October 31 1933 to February 13 1934
India, Indian Army February 14 1934 to March 10 1940 [Corrected to March 31 1939]
Home British Army March 11 1940 [changed to April 1 1939] to November 12 1943
North Africa November 14 1943 to December 13 1946
Home December 14 1946 to March 3 1947
Released to Class Z March 24 1947
Married Dorothea Mary Deakes, English, spinster, September 4 1938, Port Blair, Andaman Islands
He served in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th Battalions and also the Royal Norfolk Regiment
Campaigns. He also was with the Pioneer (Royal Engineers in 1943 and 1944
Operation Waziriforce December 5 1936 to December 24 1936
Waziristan March 8 1937 to December 5 1937
The 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment was part of the 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade from July 1942 to April 1945. The 32nd [from Wikipedia] was formed in January 1941 in India and assigned to the HQ Western Independent District until April 1942. It was then assigned to the 20th Indian Infantry Division until the end of the war, with short attachments to the 23rd Indian Infantry Division in April 1944 and the 17th Indian Infantry Division from April to July 1944.
National Probate Calendar
Robert William Coller of 11 Nicholson House Gainsborough Green Abington died 20 May 1994 Probate Winchester 17 August 1994. Not exceeding 125 000 pounds
Birth date and location and death date and location from Christopher Rack - Rack Family tree at ancestry.co.uk
In the 1911 census 23 Zennor Road, Balham, Streatham, Wandsworth, London
Head Francis William Coller, age 41, jobbing gardener, worker, born Rowlands Castle, Hampshire
Wife Emily Coller, age 29, married 6 years, 3 children born alive 3 still living, born Leeds, Yorkshire
originally under the husband’s name, then under her’s but stroked out 8 children born alive - 7 still living. Thus some would be from the husband’s previous marriage.]
Son Frederick William Coller, age 12, born Balham
Son Ernest Ralph Coller, age 10, born Balham
Daughter Dorothy Sarah Coller, age 5, born Balham
Daughter Lilian Coller, age 2, born Balham
Son Robert William Coller, age 3 months, born Balham
In the 1921 census 24 Zennor Road, Balham, Wandsworth Borough, London
Head Frederick M. Coller, married, age 52 years 10 months, born Rowlands Castle, Hslemere, out of work
Wife Emily Coller, age 40 years, married, born Leeds, Yorkshire, home duties
Daughter Dorothy Coller, age 15 years 7 months, born Balham, London, out of work
Daughter Lilian Coller, age 12 years 3 months, born Balham, whole time at school
Son Robert William Coller, age 10 years 6 months, born Balham
Daughter Florence Emily Coller, age 8 years 8 months, born Balham, whole time at school
UK Military Records
Robert William Coller, Army Number 5882828, Northamptonshire Regiment
Born December 28 1910, labourer carpenter and joiner, Church of England
Enlisted March 29, 1932, London
Home March 29 1932 to October 20 1933
Home October 31 1933 to February 13 1934
India, Indian Army February 14 1934 to March 10 1940 [Corrected to March 31 1939]
Home British Army March 11 1940 [changed to April 1 1939] to November 12 1943
North Africa November 14 1943 to December 13 1946
Home December 14 1946 to March 3 1947
Released to Class Z March 24 1947
Married Dorothea Mary Deakes, English, spinster, September 4 1938, Port Blair, Andaman Islands
He served in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th Battalions and also the Royal Norfolk Regiment
Campaigns. He also was with the Pioneer (Royal Engineers in 1943 and 1944
Operation Waziriforce December 5 1936 to December 24 1936
Waziristan March 8 1937 to December 5 1937
The 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment was part of the 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade from July 1942 to April 1945. The 32nd [from Wikipedia] was formed in January 1941 in India and assigned to the HQ Western Independent District until April 1942. It was then assigned to the 20th Indian Infantry Division until the end of the war, with short attachments to the 23rd Indian Infantry Division in April 1944 and the 17th Indian Infantry Division from April to July 1944.
National Probate Calendar
Robert William Coller of 11 Nicholson House Gainsborough Green Abington died 20 May 1994 Probate Winchester 17 August 1994. Not exceeding 125 000 pounds
Notes for Dorothea Mary (Spouse 1)
Also known as Babs
Birth date and location, marriage date and location and death date and location courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny KendrickParish Records St. Patricks Catholic Church, Cawnpore, India
Born December 26 1913 [must be 1912], baptism January 26 1913 Dorothea Mary Deaks [as spelled], parents George Horace Deaks and Milicent Dorothy Deaks, abode Cawnpore, father is an assistant weaver Master Muir Mills
Of The Depot, 48th Northamptonshire Regiment, Northampton, England in 1944
London Electoral Registers 1953
350 Dawnay Road, Wandsworth, London
Dorothea M. Coller
Robert W. Coller
London Electoral Registers 1960
33 Bassingham Road, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London
Dorothea M. Coller
Robert W. Coller
London Electoral Registers 1963, 1965
50 Dawnay Road, Wandsworth, London
Robert W. Coller
Dorothea M. Coller
Robert F. Coller
In the April 1986 death index Dorothea Mary Coller, born December 26 1912, died Swindon, Wiltshire, volume 23, page 2212
Birth date and location, marriage date and location and death date and location courtesy Brandon Deakes and Jenny KendrickParish Records St. Patricks Catholic Church, Cawnpore, India
Born December 26 1913 [must be 1912], baptism January 26 1913 Dorothea Mary Deaks [as spelled], parents George Horace Deaks and Milicent Dorothy Deaks, abode Cawnpore, father is an assistant weaver Master Muir Mills
Of The Depot, 48th Northamptonshire Regiment, Northampton, England in 1944
London Electoral Registers 1953
350 Dawnay Road, Wandsworth, London
Dorothea M. Coller
Robert W. Coller
London Electoral Registers 1960
33 Bassingham Road, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London
Dorothea M. Coller
Robert W. Coller
London Electoral Registers 1963, 1965
50 Dawnay Road, Wandsworth, London
Robert W. Coller
Dorothea M. Coller
Robert F. Coller
In the April 1986 death index Dorothea Mary Coller, born December 26 1912, died Swindon, Wiltshire, volume 23, page 2212