BORN DRIFFIELD 1878. SECOND SON OF RICHARD COBDEN & SARAH ANN BROWN. ONE OF SIX SONS. HUSBAND TO ANNIE BROWN – 117 NORWOOD, BEVERLEY. EX NER GOODS CLERK AT HULL. ENLISTED DRIFFIELD. SERVED AS SAPPER, 32991, ROYAL ENGINEERS, LIGHT RAILWAYS OPERATIONS COMPANY. DROWNED EN ROUTE TO EGYPT, ON 31/12/1917, AGED 39. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE CHATBY MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE.
First name:
GEORGE EDWARD
Military Number:
322991
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
31/12/1917
Place died:
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Age:
39
117 NORWOOD, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
