E. V. Collins (pronounced: [iː viː kɑːlɪnz]) was an Inspector General of Police on the Gold Coast.
Collins served as the Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service on the Gold Coast from 1910 until 1917. He died in office. He was on the S.S. Abosso, which was sailing back to the United Kingdom on 24 April 1917, during World War I when it was hit. Other Gold Coast officials who were lost on the same ship were E. B. Reece, Treasurer; K. R. Chatfield, Provincial Engineer with the Public Works Department; and J. R. Whitaker, Assistant District Commissioner.[1]
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edit- ^ "COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL: No 998 Gold Coast - REPORT FOR 1917" (PDF). University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
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