CHARLES WELMAN COLLINS 

Captain Charles Welman Collins, of the 2nd Btn Cheshire Regiment, died of his wounds at Elandsfontein on 14th November 1901. He was 29.

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Newspaper reports:

Captain Charles Welman Collins, of the Cheshire Regiment, severely wounded, is a son of Major Joseph Collins, late of the 22nd Regiment, by his marriage with Augusta Abigail, eldest daughter of Colonel H. A. Welman, A.D.C. Born on October 28, 1872, he obtained a commission in the Cheshire Regiment on June 2, 1894.

AMPUTATION NECESSARY.
We regret to say that the condition of Capt. C. W. Collins, of the 2nd Cheshire Regiment, shows a change for the worse. Mortification has set in and a leg was amputated. Captain Collins, who was wounded in the fight at Brakenlaagte, is a son of Major Collins, formerly of East View, Bayshill, and previous to joining the Army was a second-Lieutenant in the 1st Gloucestershire Royal Engineers (Volunteers).
The Cheltenham Chronicle, Saturday 16th November 1901

OFFICER DIES OF WOUNDS.
We regret to say that Capt. Collins, of the 2nd Cheshire Regiment, died from wounds at Elandsfontein on November 14. Deceased was badly wounded in the leg in the fight at Brakenlaagte, and was for a time confined to hospital. Despite every care and attention, mortification set in, and the limb was amputated last week. Even this failed and death ensued. Capt. C. W. Collins was a son of Major Collins (formerly of the Cheshire Regiment, and of East View, Bayshill, Cheltenham), and prior to joining the Army served as a second lieutenant in the 1st G.R.E.V. at Cheltenham. He obtained a commission in the Army in 1894, became lieutenant in 1897, and obtained hia company last December. He was 29 years of age.
(The Cheltenham Chronicle, Saturday 23rd November 1901)

DEATH OF CAPTAIN COLLINS . - We regret to state that Captain C. W. Collins, 2nd Cheshire Regiment, son of Major Collins, of Waterloo-road, Chester, late of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, is reported to have succumbed at Elandsfontein, on Thursday, to severe wounds received in the action at Brakenlaagte on the 30th ult., when Botha attacked Col. Benson's rearguard. He had just completed his twenty-ninth year, and had seen over seven years' service. The deceased officer obtained a commission in the Cheshire Regiment on June 2, 1894. In February, 1900, he was appointed a brigade signalling officer, graded as a staff captain. His captain's commission bears date December 15, 1900.