BORN HULL 1890. SON OF GEORGE HENRY COBBY (1847-1905) & MARY ANN DIMERLINE (1846-1932), 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. EX NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY GOOD’S CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 25 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. MOBILIZED ON 16/07/1916. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 34.5 INCH CHEST. SERVED AS GUNNER, 104366, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 02/09/1916. HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, ON 05/02/1917, WITH TUBERCULOSIS. MOVED TO 6 GRANVILLE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE DIED ON 19/02/1918, AGED 28.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WAR MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL WITH HIS BROTHER.
HE IS BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY, WITH HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, WALTER HENRY COBBY, EYR, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS, IN HULL, ON 03/11/1916, AGED 31.
