BORN HULL 1885. SON OF GEORGE HENRY COBBY (1845-1905) & MARY ANN COBBY, OF 105, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL AND 6, GRANVILLE STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. BROTHER TO HENRY, SARAH, RICHARD, THOMAS GEORGE, ERNEST, ANN MARIE FLORENCE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 24218, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF DISEASE, AT HULL’S RECKITTS HOSPITAL, ON 03/11/1916, AGED 31. BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, ERNEST COBBY, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, ALSO DIED OF DIESEASE, ON 19/02/1918, AGED 28.
BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WAR MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
WALTER HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
24218
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
03/11/1916
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
31
