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Cobb, RJP

(1898 - 1917)

2nd Lieutenant

West Riding Regiment (attached Royal Flying Corps)

Reginald was born in Yorkshire on April 9th 1898, the only son of Australian-born Preston Cobb and his wife Frances. He spent the early part…

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Coke, HM

(1886 - 1920)

2nd Lieutenant

10th Territorial Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Harry was born on December 9th 1886 in Barnes, the eldest child, and only son, of Matthew Coke and his wife Annie. In 1908, five…

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Coleman, EC

(1891 - 1917)

Lieutenant

Royal Field Artillery

Born on September 5th 1891 in Essex, Edward was the younger of two sons of Edward Herbert Coleman and his wife Rachel. He started at…

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Coleman, HEE

(1889 - 1916)

2nd Lieutenant

3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment

Herbert was born on August 8th 1889 in Southend, Essex, and was the elder of two sons of Edward Herbert Coleman and his wife Rachel.…

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Coles, VH

(1892 - 1917)

Assistant Paymaster

Royal Naval Reserve

Vyvian was born on January 16th 1892, the fifth and youngest son of Lewis Coles, who after retiring from the army was working as a…

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Colin, FA

(1896 - 1917)

2nd Lieutenant

7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment

Born Felix Augustus Cohn in Johannesburg on August 31st 1896, he was the second of what would go on to be five sons of German…

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Collet, CH

(1888 - 1915)

Flight Commander

Royal Marine Artillery (attached Royal Naval Air Service)

Charles was born in what was then Calcutta, India, on 4th February 1888, the middle of three sons of James and Teresa Collet. All three…

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Collins, AMA

(1895 - 1918)

Lieutenant

38th Dogras, Indian Army

Arthur was born on November 23rd 1895 in Simla, India, the son of Patrick Collins, a civil servant working in the Indian Department of Education,…

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Collins, RT

(1879 - 1918)

Lieutenant Colonel

Royal Army Medical Corps

Born in Dublin on December 22nd 1879, Reginald was the only son of Wolfenden Collins, a physician and surgeon, and his wife Isabel. After leaving…

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Colvill-Jones, R

(1896 - 1918)

Captain

Royal Air Force

Robert was born on September 27th 1896 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest son of a British couple, Abbie and Robert Colvill-Jones. In April of…

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