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Pte. Charles Alfred Coe
British Army 11th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Cambridge
(d.12th Sep 1917)
Sgt. Edward Coe MM.
British Army 11th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:North Benfleet, Essex
Edward Coe was my Grandfather. His Military Medal was gazetted on 13 March 1919. I have no citation or other information on his service, as it appears that his service record was destroyed in the Blitz.
Sgt. Horace Coe
British Army 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:139 Eastgate, Worksop, Notts
(d.18th Dec 1915)
Horace Coe was born in 1886. He was 32 yrs old when he enlisted for the Great War on 25th August 1914. He was a Collier. He previously served in the Rifle Brigade - no.8206 joining in 1900 as a 17 yr old.
From 2.1.1901 to 11.12.O3 he was in England. 12.12.03 to 21.11.05 he was in Egypt. Then 22.11.05 to 4.2.09 was spent in India, returning home on 5.2.09 until 1.1.13 when his service career ended after 12 yrs.
On the outbreak of the Great War he joined the Lincolnshire Regiment (No.10513)6th Battalion on 29.8.14. as Private. Promoted Corporal 6.9.14,Lance Sgt 23.12.14. Finally Sergt 19.1.15.
On 24 July 1915 was transferred to D Company. Organelles. 18th December 1915 he was dangerously wounded by gunshot in the left lung and died of his wounds the same day on board HMHS Soudan and was buried at sea.
Sgt. Lawrence Gordon Coe
British Army Ox and Bucks Light Infantry
Lawrence Coe served with the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry.
Sgt. Lawrence Gordon Coe
British Army 10th Btn. A Coy. Lincolnshire Regiment
My Grandfather Lawrence Coe initially joined up in 1914 as a private in the Ox and Bucks rising to the rank of sergeant. At some point he was transferred to the Lincolnshire Regiment as a sergeant. The only information that I have came from recollections of my father and research that I have undertaken.
He was wounded in the head during action on 28th of April 1917 when he was a Sergeant with A Company 10th Lincolns, at Roeux where he was taken prisoner and sent to Langensalza Pow camp he was, as a result of his wound, ultimately interned in Switzerland. He lost his left eye as a result of the wound and suffered throughout the remainder of his life with head pains.
His name is recorded in the publication produced at the end of the war of all personnel of London County Council who served during The Great War.
L/Cpl. Albert Charles Coffee
British Army 23rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:London
(d.23rd March 1918)
Born in 1898, Albert Coffee lied about his age to join up in 1914, aged only 16 and was on active service for 4 years until his death at Arras where he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
John Coffey
British Army
from:St Helens
My father told me my grandad John Coffey was badly disfigured the face by an exploding mustard gas shell in WW1. He was taken by train into the Lord Derby Hospital in Winwick. He then worked on the Collieries first aid and rescue team in Sutton, St Helens, and helped establish a local British Legion Club. In 1953 he won the maximum £75,000 on Littlewoods Pools but was dead within twelve months.
L/Cpl. Samuel Coffey
British Army 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Crossgar, Co. Down
(d.15th August 1917)
Samuel Coffey served with the 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery.
Maj.Gen Clifford Coffin VC, DSO.
British Army Corps of Royal Engineers
Major General Clifford Coffin VC, CB, DSO & Bar was a temporary Brigadier General in the Corps of Royal Engineers, with 25th Infantry Brigade when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On the 31st of July 1917 in Westhoek, Belgium, when his command was held up in attack due to heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, Brigadier-General Coffin went forward and made an inspection of his front posts. Although under the heaviest fire from both machine-guns and rifles and in full view of the enemy, he showed an utter disregard of personal danger, walking quietly from shell-hole to shell-hole, giving advice and cheering his men by his presence. His gallant conduct had the greatest effect on all ranks and it was largely owing to his personal courage and example that the shell-hole line was held.
He later achieved the rank of major general and was Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, Kent.
Sapper Frederlick William J Coggen
British Army 233 Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Great Salterns, Copnor, Portsmouth, Hants, UK
Pte. Henry Coggins MM.
British Expeditionary Force 7th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
Pte. John Bernard Coggins
British Army 6th Service Battalion (Pioneers) South Wales Borderers
from:39 Shakeshaft Street, Blackburn, Lancs
My father, John Coggins, was shot in the neck and gassed on the 10th of April 1918 in the River Lys area during the German offensive. On recovery in Blighty he attended a Gas Instructors Course and his notes (122 pages long with coloured crayon diagrams) are currently on indefinite loan at Winterbourne Gunner (the NBC Instructors training school) and are used for training to this day. Frank Baldwin, Chairman of the Battlefields Trust, also uses them as an aid in his WW1 tours with Sandhurst cadets and the The Western Front Association has a flicker page link to them on their website.
John Bernard Coggins joined the young soldiers' unit of South Wales Borderers on 23 September 1916 Regimental Number 41722. He transferred to 6th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) which was attached to 75th Brigade, part of the 25th Division. He was with his Unit throughout almost all the German offensives in the Spring of 1918 and eventually when his Unit became decimated he attached himself to French Canadians and was severely wounded in the neck and jaw on the 10th of April 1918.
The following action (part of the German Luddendorf Offensive) is probably when neck and jaw wound were received (extracts from the Official History of the 25th Division).
The Battle of Estaires (first phase of the Battles of the Lys) - 74th Brigade was in Divisional Reserve when the enemy attacked the British positions to the south (between Armentieres and Givenchy) on 9 April 1918. It was ordered to join the defence south of Steenwerck and held on only with difficulty.
The Battle of Messines, 1918 - The enemy attack broke through the British line at Ploegsteert and advanced along the Ypres road, endangering the garrison holding Ploegsteert Wood. Ordered to counter attack, 75th Brigade, the Royal Engineers, Machine Gun Battalion and other elements of the Division became involved in heavy fighting. With the enemy infiltrating on either side on 10 April, losses at the Catacombs of Hill 63 were serious although there were many remarkable acts as some units managed to extricate themselves and withdraw. Further retirements were forced upon the Division - which also had 100th Brigade of 33rd Division under orders - on 12 April; the forward position on this day ran through Kortepyp. The army's line of defence that ran in front of Dranoutre and Kemmel, was held by a hastily organised composite force of units and men of the Division.
The Battle of Bailleul - By the morning of 13 April, 74th Brigade was established on the high ground east of Bailleul. Coming under bombardment from 9.30am onwards and attacked by infantry two hours later, the Brigade fought a staunch defence - as did 7th and 75th Brigades nearby. Fighting continued throughout the 14th, and next day the high ground and the town of Bailleul itself fell to the Germans. The Division was by now thoroughly shattered: broken up, exhausted by continuous fighting for five days, and fragmented by heavy losses. A sad composite formation of what was left of 7th and 75th Brigades withdrew through Boeschepe on 16 April but were ordered up to the area south of Mont Noir in support of 34th Division.
The First Battle of Kemmel - By 17/18th April it had been withdrawn to Abeele. 74th Brigade came out to Proven on 20/21 April.
According to my father when he was shot, he fell into a trench where barbed wire ripped off his gas mask and he was gassed. A Canadian dragged him back to a first aid station. He was invalided home (apparently all head wounds went back to Blighty). He recovered sufficiently to rejoin his reserve Battalion of SWB and after certain moves on drafts joined as a prospective NCO of 53rd Young Soldiers' Battn (SWB). When this Unit was being prepared for service overseas the now Cpl Coggins was promoted in Battalion Orders to Sergeant but on appeal was permitted to revert to his rank of Corporal seeking early demobilization to return home to his very aged parents. He qualified as a 1st Class Anti-Gas Instructor at Western Command Course, Prees Heath, nr Whitchurch, Shropshire and Drill Instructor and when his Unit left (South Wales) for the Rhine Army of Occupation he was transferred (category B2) to North Elham in Norfolk as Senior NCO of the Guard of POWs until demobilization in 1919.
Anti-Gas Instructor 1st class 6th Jul 1918 and NCO Drill Instructor 1st class Oct 1918.
He served from Jul 1919 until 13th Nov 1919 at POW camp in North Elmham, Norfolk. Acting Corporal. Discharged 31 Mar 1920. Initially received a disability pension of 8'8d pw terminated on 7th Dec 1920 when he passed a medical.
Cpl. John Tait Coghill
British Army 1st/7th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Heaton, Newcastle
(d.11th May 1915)
John Tait Coghill was aged 24 when he died on 11th May 1915, whilst serving with the 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Born in Jarrow he was the son of Joseph and Margaret Coghill of 43 Stratford Road, Heaton, Newcastle. The 1911 census lists him as; John Tait Coghill age 20 Railway Clerk living with his parents Joseph and Margaret Coghill and family at 92 Bolingbroke Street, Heaton, Newcastle He enlisted in Alnwick.
John is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
Capt. Daniel Coghlan
British Army 8th Btn. Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Dublin
Records found to date show that Daniel Coghlan enlisted as a private in the Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment and was sent to France on 23rd February with the British Expeditionary Force. He applied for a commission in April 1917 and was commissioned to the rank of 2nd lieutenant in July 1917 at which time he was transferred to the 116th Labour Corp., Bologne. He was promoted to the rank of acting Captain in July 1918. Records show service in Bologne, Passchendale and Flanders. The records go on to state that when the war ended, he commanded a company of men who were charged with the task of exhuming the bodies of soldiers who had been buried in the field and re-interring them in the official war graves. This company was the 126th Labour Corps which was subsequently re-named "E" Company, Graves Registration and Enquiries in January of 1921. He was de-mobbed in France on 31st March 1921 and given the rank of full Captain. In 1923 he went back to Belgium and married a girl from Poperinghe that he had met during the war. They were married in Ypres Town Hall and he took her back to Ireland with him. He was to become a King's Messenger and to serve as military attache in Paris , Brussels and Petrograd. He was awarded the O.B.E., Croix de Guerre and French Medaille d'Honneu.
Pte. Abraham Cohen
British Army 12th Btn. Kings (Liverpool Regiment)
from:Manchester
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Abraham Cohen was my great uncle; brother of my maternal grandmother. I knew nothing about him until I discovered his photograph amongst my mother's papers. Written on the back was his name and the words died in the war. My research led me to the regiment and date of his death.
My regret is that we never found the photograph before my grandmother's death and as she never mentioned him we were deprived of knowing more personal details about him. He died aged 19 and like so many others was robbed of a life we so often take for granted.
Lieutenant Adolf B Cohen
Land Army Prince Of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.22nd july 1917)
My wife's Paternal Grandmother was originally married,in about 1915,to a Lieutenant Adolf Cohen,of the West Yorkshire regiment. He died in, we believe, 1917 and his Widow subsequently married a RA Officer in 1919 - my wife's Grandfather. Recently,we came across a walking stick with a cap badge of the W Yorkshire Regiment attached, on which were marked the various battles in which Adolf Cohen fought. We would like to obtain more information on Adolf Cohen's life, in particular his time in the regiment.
Cpl. Henry Cohen
British Army 38th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Toronto
This is what I know of my father Hank Cohen;s history. He was known to enlist under age and I am trying to track his military history. He was in Egypt on 22nd of Dec 1919
Sgt. Sydney Cohen
British Army 6th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
Our grandfather, Sydney Cohen (1893-1951) was born in Manchester. He volunteered for the British Army in February 1916 and served in the 6th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment. He also served in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and finally he was a sergeant in the 39th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He took part in the fighting in France and in the Palestine campaign of 1917-18. He remained on active service until 1920 and served as an army PT instructor.
Pte. P. Cohen-Dixon
Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. E. D.C. Coit
15th Btn. London Regiment
from:Clapham Common
(d.24th Dec 1916)
During the demolition of Kirkleatham Hall, nr Redcar, in 1953 several cards and photos were found where they had slipped behind some panelling. One of these came into my possession this week (June 2013) and is of 3837, Private E D C Coit. I have discovered that he was the son of Charles Ernest and Sarah Jane Coit of 80 Kyle Road, Clapham Common. He died on 24/12/16 and is buried in in Woods Cemetery in Belgium.
Pte. Edmund Albert Coker
British Army 11th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Stepney, London
(d.17th Oct 1916)
Edmund Coker, my great great Grandad on my Dad's side, died at 43 leaving a widow and 5 children. All entered the workhouse. I never knew his story and only just beginning to uncover it. I am very proud of him. Laid to rest in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Northern France.
Pte. George David Coker
British Army 20th (3rd Public Schools) Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.12th Jul 1917)
George Coker was mortally wounded at the Battle for High Wood on the Somme and died aged 28 'Thy Duty Done'. Currently resides at the Kensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery, London.
Pte. John Cokley
British Army 4th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Poplar. London
(d.23rd Aug 1914)
John Cokley enlisted on the 14th August 1914 into the 4th Battalion Duke of Cambridges Own Middlesex Regiment. Nine days later on the 23rd August 1914 in the very first battle of the war at the locks along the Mons-Condé Canal and Obourg Railway Station, Mons, Belgium, he was killed (missing) along with over 400 men and officers. John was awarded the 1914 Mons Star, British Medal, and Victory Medal (Pip Squeak & Wilfred) and he is commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre War Memorial at Seine-et-Marne in France.
He left behind a wife Lilian who was eight months pregnant with her last child, and three other children aged 7,3 and 2. John was just an ordinary soldier of the BEF. He was of Irish descent and his forbears came to England following the potato famine in Ireland. They lived wretched lives in the St.Giles 'rookery' in London. Nevertheless he deserves to be remembered. He was the grandfather I never knew, like many of my generation.
L/Cpl. Fred Colam
British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Lincoln
Fred Colam served with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Joseph James Colam
British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Lincoln
Joseph Colam served with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Pte. Samuel Colbenson
British Army 13th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Cleckheaton
(d.16th Jan 1918)
Samuel Colbenson was born in Liverpool on the 31st January 1895, I am not sure why he ended up in Yorkshire but think he may have been a miner. There is a family story about Samuel being caught messing about in a warehouse with his cousin, his cousin I think was sent to Australia to work on a farm and later joined the army, dying in the war with Samuel.
Cpl. Emil Colberg
United States Army C Coy. 12th Machine Gun Battalion
from:Chicago, IL.
Emil Colberg was awarded a Citation of Gallantry, my father's cousin gave me a photostat of the Citation:
Emil Colberg, 5625572, Corporal, Co.C. 12th Machine Gun Battalion. Aimee-Marne Offensive, July 1918. His squad was cut off in a wheat field from the rest of his platoon. They were without food for three days. One man tried to go back after food, but failed. No one else would volunteer. So Corporal Colberg went himself. Through a heavy barrage. Secured the food and returned. He showed remarkable courage and sincere devotion to his men.
2nd Lt. Reginald Elgar Colborne
Indian Army Reserve of Officers
from:Bournemouth, Dorset
(d.6th November 1918)
Second Lieutenant Colborne was the son of Francis William and A. Colborne, of 79 South Rd., Bournemouth, Dorset.
He was 25 when he died and is buried in the Sabathu Cemetery in India, Grave 90.
WO2 Thomas William Colbourne
British Army 14th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Cudworth, Barnsley
Thomas William Colbourne enlisted in the army in January 1915, joining the newly formed 14th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, the 2nd Barnsley Pals. Information on the medal rolls shows he served with the 14th Battalion, the 6th Battalion, the 2nd Battalion and again with the 6th Battalion. Dates for periods of service are not known. Thomas attained the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2, his rank on transfer to Z Reserve in February 1919.
Pte. Michael Colby
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dipton
Michael Colby was discharged in 1916
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