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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Sjt. W. B. Coates
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.21 Apr 1917)
Sgt. William Bolton Coates
British Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Houghton-Le-Spring
(d.26th April 1915)
William Coates served with the 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry.
Pte. William Coates
British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dunston on Tyne
Pte. James Rawson Coatham
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 15th DLI
Cpl Christopher John Cobb
British Army 180th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:73 Graham Road, Wimbledon
My Grandfather, Christopher Cobb lied about his age to get in. He was not wounded and lived until his 70's. He was a remarkable person.
Gnr. Harry Cobb
British Army 13th Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
from:United Kingdom
(d.1st November 1918)
Gunner Cobb is buried in the Hoshiarpur (Christ Church) Churchyard in India, Row 1, Grave 12.
L/Sgt. John Cobb
British Army 9th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.24th August 1916)
Pte. William Scott Cobby
British Army 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Portsmouth
(d.13th March 1918)
Sgt William James Cobden
British Army 16th (Church Lads Brigade) Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Alum Rock, Birmingham
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Pte. Philip Martin Cobourn
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment
My grandfather Philip Cobourn served in WW1 and WW2. I don't know his service history and would be glad of any information. I do have his medal record and a certificate that he was awarded in WW2 when he served with the 18th County of London Battalion issued by General Headquaters Home Forces Home Guard. The date reads 1st Jan 1943, I would love to know more about this and if possible where he served
Pte. Claude Cyril Coc
British Army 6th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Pte. J. W. Cochrane
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
J W Cochrane was wounded in June 1917
James Cochrane
James Cochrane is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (plaque on west face) Jarrow. Can anyone provide any further information?
James Cochrane
from:Jarrow
James Cochrane died in the course of World War 1. He is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (brass plaque west face) Jarrow, England.
Pte. Samuel Cochrane
British Army 1st Garrison Bn. Royal Scots
(d.29th October 1919)
Private Cochrane was buried in the Famagusta Military Cemetery in Cyprus, Grave 12.
Pte. Samuel Henry Cochrane
Canadian Expeditionary Force 15th Battalion
from:Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
Samuel Cochrane was wounded at Vimy Ridge on the 9th or 10th of April 1917 and admitted to hospital on on 15th April 15th.
Pte. Samuel Henry Cochrane
Canadian Expeditionary Force 48th Highlanders of Canada
from:Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
My father, Samuel Cochrane was wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on or about 10th of April 1917. He was first sent to a Canadian Field Hospital near Outreau, France and then to High Barnet Hospital on the 15th of April, 1917. On the 9th of May he transferred to Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital. After recuperating, he returned to the Front. On the 6th of April, he returned to Canada and was discharged from the Army. He re-enlisted in the Canadian Army on or about 1940/41 and trained recruits for the Regina Rifle Regiment, which distinguished itself on D-Day. My father passed away in 1964 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Sgt. William Cochrane
British Army 5th Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:188 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh
(d.17th Jul 1916)
Sgt. William Cochrane
British Army 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
from:188 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh
(d.17 July 1916)
William Cochrane was born on 14 August 1893, the fourth of six children of George and Helen Cochrane. The family lived at a number of addresses in Edinburgh's southside during William's early years but eventually settled at 188 Dalkeith Road around 1907. Upon leaving school, William followed his father, sister Agnes and older brothers John and George into the printing trade. Younger brothers David and Edward would later follow suit. Following a lengthy apprenticeship, William became a stereotyper, producing stereotype plates for use in the printing process.
He was 21 years old and unmarried when he enlisted in Edinburgh on 7 September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of war. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and deployed to France in 1915, landing at Boulogne on 10 May, followed by his brother David (6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders) on 9 July 1915.
The 5th Battalion formed part of the 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division, known coloquially as the Jocks and Springboks, after the 1st South African Infantry Brigade joined the Division in 1916. The Division was engaged in major fighting on the Western Front, including The Battle of Loos (in which the 5th Camerons suffered horrific casualties), The Battle of Albert and The Battle of Bazentin Ridge. William attained the rank of Sergeant. He was killed in action on 17 July 1916, when the 9th Division engaged German forces in Delville Wood, adjacent to the village of Longueval. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier 15, Face B. Brother David was hospitalised after sustaining gunshot wounds in July 1917 but following treatment at St Omer, Etapes and Boulogne, he rejoined his battalion in December the same year. He eventually returned home safely to Edinburgh in January 1919. His first child, born in 1929, was named William in honour of his brother.
Pte. Richard Cockayne
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 2nd & 18th DLI
Pte. Frederick Cockbill
British Army 157th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Thurmaston, Leicester
Fred Cockbill is my paternal grandfather. He was a telegraphy boy living at 21 Prospect Hill, Leicester in 1911. He joined the Leicestershire RHA and fought in Egypt and Palestine.
Post war, he became a grocer and sub-postmaster in Thurmaston. I knew him well as we lived with my grandparents above the shop. He was a very kind and gentle man who served his community in WW2 as a Civilian Defence Volunteer and was also a local councillor into his early 80's. I have very fond memories of him.
Qtr.Mstr.Sgt. Harry Vernon Cockbill
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Balham, London
(d.10th April 1918)
My Mum was adopted in 1933 by the Budgen family in Croydon, Surrey. We found her registry of birth as Margaret May Cockbill and with my mum's permission (she said we could look after her passing on as she was happy with her adopted family and had no wishes to look for her birth family). We found that her Grandfather Harry Vernon Cockbill died on April 10th 1918 from wounds. He's buried in Rue-Pettillion Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France. He was the son of Edwin and Mary Anne Cockbill of Oxford. Husband of Rosa Loiusa Cockbill of Clapham, London. He also served in Egypt 1895 and in India 1908. He was in the 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment which joined the 57th Brigade. He was in the German Offensive in Flanders from the 9th April 1918.
He had 5 children Mary, Harry Reginald 1907, Alice Dorothy 1905, Rosa Helen and Rose Ellen 1904(twins) all were born in India. We won't ever forget him even though we never knew him.
HarryCockbill 2nd from left
2Mech. Charles R. Cockburn
Royal Air Force
from:Winnipeg, Canada
(d.12th Oct 1918)
Charles Cockburn served with the Royal Air Force. He died on 12th October 1918 aged 29. He is commemorated in Winnipeg (Old Kildonan) Presbyterian Cemetery, Canada
Sgt George Cockburn
British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Houghton-le-Spring
(d.20th Nov 1917)
2Lt. John Cockburn
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.2nd April 1915)
John Cockburn was born in Malta in 1890 the son of Charles James Cockburn & Kate and brother to Charles Cockburn, who was killed in Mesopotamia in 1916 He was the Second cousin to my great-grandmother.
Spr. Malcolm Charles Cockburn
British Arny 90th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Newbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland
(d.4th April 1916)
Malcolm Charles Cockburn (born in 1897 in Bermuda) joined the Royal Engineers at the start of the First World War at the Curragh Camp, Co Kildare. Malcolm was in the 90th Field Company Royal Engineers and was killed on 4th April 1916 and is buried at Gunner's Farm Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Their father Alexander Cockburn, joined the Royal Engineers on 25th July 1890 at Stirling in Scotland and who was discharged from the 33rd Company of Royal Engineers as Sergeant Alexander Cockburn 24997 on 24th July 1911 at Fort Camden, Co Cork. Their Grandfather, William Cockburn, was also in the Royal Engineers, joining at Fort George, Inverness on 13th February 1879 and arriving at Brompton Barracks, Chatham on 13 March 1879. He served for 21 years and 25 days, being discharged in 1900 as Corporal William Cockburn.
Malcolm's brother Stuart William Cockburn (born in 1894 in Bermuda) served as Acting Lance Corporal 2306248 in the Royal Corps of Signallers lived through the war to be discharged as insane on 4th March 1921 in Chatham. I have never been able to find out where he was sent or where he died but because he was still in the army in 1921 he may have signed for longer service than just the length of the war.
The above are my grandfather, great grandfather and my two uncles.
Pte. Thomas Cockcroft
British Army 2nd Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Attercliffe, Sheffield
(d.7th Sep 1916)
Sgt. Raynard Cockell
British Army 8th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Ashford
(d.7th Jun 1917)
My third-great-uncle Raynard Cockell was a police officer in Ashford before joining the army. Initially, he was with the 3rd East Kent Regiment before moving onto the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Whilst in an enemy trench during the 3rd Battle of Messines, he and 4 others where hit by shell fire and all died instantly. Their bodies were buried on the Messines Ridge in Belgium, any further attempt to recover the body properly failing due to being unable to locate his body because of continuing enemy shellfire. His name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Ypres, Belgium.
Pte. George William Cocker
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:New Mills
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Harold Cocker
British Army 17th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancs
(d.22nd Mar 1918)
Harold Cocker served with the 17th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment during WW1 and died on the 22nd March 1918, aged 26. Probably a POW as he is buried in the Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany. He was the husband of Mrs. L. G. Cocker, of 115, Cog Lane, Burnley.
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