Arthur Thomas Colin Lavender was the son of Arthur Lavender and Clara Dyke.

Colin was born on Monday 5 August 1929 in Dudley, Worcestershire.

Colin married Enid Margery Wiggin on Wednesday 20 June 1962 in Newhampton Road Methodist Church, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

Colin was an Accountant.

Colin died when he was 70 years old, in 2000 in Wolverhampton.