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Cobb, Carleton Philips, son of Anthony Blackbourne Cobb, of Margate, Kent, by Marianne Wyllie, daughter of Admiral Edward Philips Charlewood, of Bideford, Devon; b. Nov. 21, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); left May 1899; Central Technical College, South Kensington, 1899-1902; automobile engineer at Thornton Heath, Surrey, since 1906; joined R. N. A. S. and afterwards served with the 20th Squadron R. N. Armoured Car Division in Great War I; m. Nov. 1 1, 1908, Elsie, daughter of Albert Tomlinson, of Melbourne, Australia.

Cockin, Maurice Herbert Battle, son of Maurice Stanley Cockin, journalist, of Mortlake, Surrey, and Alys Grace. d. of Philip Gear of Bristol; b. 17 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (B), (A) Sept. 1930; left July 1933; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937, MA 1941; N. Borneo Admin. Serv­ice; bar student (Middle Temple) 1941; HQ. Intelligence Section 1st Canadian Divn (Capt.); despatches (posth.) Sicily May 1944; killed in action 1944.

Maurice Herbert Battle “Bat” Cockin was born at Mortlake, Surrey on the 17th of November 1915 the only son of Captain Maurice Stanley Cockin, a journalist, and Alice Grace (nee Gear) Cockin of Leyden House, Mortlake. He was christened at St Mary’s Church, Mortlake on the 16th of March 1916. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1929 and up Ashburnham from September 1930 to July 1933. He was a member of the Officers Training Corps where he achieved Certificate A. He went on to the University of Paris to study Arts from 1933 to 1934 and matriculated for Queens’ College, Cambridge in 1934 where he achieved a BA in 1937 and a MA in 1941. On leaving university he accepted a post with the North Borneo Administration Service where he was Private Secretary and Aide de Camp to the Governor of British North Borneo for nine months and was also appointed as a Magistrate. He returned to England where he studied law at the Middle Temple for two years but he enlisted in the army before he complete the course. He was fluent in German, French and Malay. He later moved to Ottawa, Canada where he worked as a civil servant for the British Government for the British Supply Board. He lived at Chateau Laurier, Ottawa.
He attended a medical examination on the 25th of May 1940 where it was recorded that he was six feet tall and that he weighed 158lbs. It was also noted that he had a dark complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He attested for military service on the 27th of May 1940 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards on the 16th of April 1940. He was attached to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, was promoted to Lieutenant on the 3rd of June 1940 and joined their Depot at Picton on the same day. He left the Depot on the 3rd of February 1941 for overseas service and embarked at Halifax the following day. He disembarked at Gourock, Scotland on the 1st of March 1941. He was promoted to Captain on the 14th of November 1942 and was appointed as an Intelligence Officer 2nd Class on the 5th of February 1943. He was attached to the Intelligence Section of the 1st Canadian Division Headquarters in Italy.
On the morning of the 20th of July 1943, Maurice Cockin and Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Albert Sutcliffe went out together for a reconnaissance of the enemy front lines near Monte Assoro. As the two men crouched in the open they were spotted by the crew of a German 88mm gun which was positioned on the high ground to their front. It fired at them over open sights, killing Bruce Sutcliffe instantly and seriously wounding Maurice Cocklin.
A fellow officer saw him when he was brought back to the Canadian lines and recalled: - “Bat Cockin was still alive when they brought him back. He was in great agony, and he had apparently been asking to see me, as he had something to tell me. He and Bruce Sutcliffe had been staring up at the great peak of Assoro, and the zig-zag road that ran up to the village of that name. Although he was pretty far gone, his speech suddenly came back to him with most remarkable clarity, and he grabbed my wrist and said, "John, for God's sake don't go up that road." I don't think he spoke again.”
He was collected by the 4th Canadian Divisional Field Ambulance which took him to No. 1 Field Dressing Station where he was treated for wounds to the lumbar region of his back and to his left arm. He was also suffering from shock. He died from his wounds at 11.15am the following day.
He was Mentioned in Despatches for “Distinguished and gallant services”, which was announced in the London Gazette of the 25th of March 1944.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Queens’ College, Cambridge and on the memorial at the Middle Temple
He is buried at Agira Canadian War Cemetery Plot C, Row G Grave 348.

Coleman, Robert William Alfred, son of Robert Baxendell Coleman MB of Bromley, Kent, and Enid Louisa, d. of William Robinson Evans MD of Dublin; b. 30 July 1916; adm. May 1930 (A); left Dec. 1934; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, played lacrosse against Oxford 1938-9, BA 1939, MA 1943; ordained deacon 1941, priest 1942 (Chichester); Curate Broadwater, Sussex, 1941-2; Chaplain to the Forces 1943-6; Vicar of St George Tiverton 1946-50, St John's W. Ealing 1950-9; Chaplain Seaford Coll. Petworth 1960; retd July 1981; m. 1945 Lucy Grace Wycliffe, d. of Eugene Wycliffe Bartholomew, civil engineer; d. 8 Apr. 2005.

Cuthbertson, John Oswald, eldest son of John Montagu Cuthbertson, L.R.C.P., of Droitwich, Worcs; b. April 11, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (A); migrated up Grant's; left May 1885; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 17, 1888; B.A. 1892; M.B. and B. Ch. 1901; St. Thomas's Hospital; sometime House Surgeon Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford; formerly in practice at Droitwich; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Dec. 20, 1915; Capt. June 20, 1916; Medical Officer at Gibraltar; d. Feb. 15, 1925.

Dams, Cyril Theodore Henry, son of Rev. Henry Dams, Vicar of Knowsley, Lancs, and Alice Platt, d. of Robert Winstanley of Eccles, Lancs; b. 17 June 1906; adm. Apr. 1920 (A); left July 1925; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925 (Squire schol.), BA 1929, MA 1935; ord. deacon 1929, priest 1930 (Liverpool); Curate St Jude, W. Derby, 1929-31, Huyton, Lancs 1·931-2; Minor Canon St George's Windsor 1932-42; Rector of Theale, Berks, 1942-5; Priest Vicar of Lincoln Cathedral and Rector of St Mary Magdalene, Lincoln, 1945-51; Minor Canon and Precentor Westminster Abbey 1951-63; Deputy Priest to HM the Queen 1952, Mayor's Chaplain 1961; Vicar of St Peter's Cranley Gdns 1963, retd 1971; m. 20 Oct. 1931 Elizabeth Mary, d. of Charles Ernest Leach of Northenden, Cheshire; d. 30 May 1973.

Darlington, Otto, son of Harry Darlington, and adopted son of the Rev. John Darlington, D.D., Vicar of St. Mark, Kennington, Surrey; b. Dec. 7, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916.

Davies, Arthur Aird Mercer, son of Arthur Mercer Davies (q.v.); b. March 5, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (A); left July 1906; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. and M.A. 1916; Westminster Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; Lieut. R.A.M.C. July 26, 1912, Capt. March 30, 1915; Major July 26, 1924; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 28, 1934; Col. March 1940; temp. Brig. March 1943 - June 1944; retired Sept. 1946; served in India in Great War I, and in the Iraq Operations 1920-21; in Great War II in India and the Middle East; asst. med. off. Leasowe Hosp., nr. Birkenhead, 1948-62; m. 1917 Pearl, daughter of Arthur Venis, C. I. E., M.A., D. Litt., of Benares, India; d. 1967.

Davis, Edward Arthur (Edward Leopold Arthur Abrahams at school), son of Arthur Abraham Abrahams, of Hyde Park, by Hilda Elizabeth, daughter of Julian Davis, of Kensington; b. June 2, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left Dec. 1918; an insurance broker; changed name by deed poll to Davis in lieu of Abrahams; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 17, 1940; relinquished his commission owing to ill-health May 21, 1941; Master of the Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders, 1959; m. Feb. 7, 1935, Betty Marie, only daughter of James Adler, of St. Johns Wood; d. 6 Apr. 1978.

Dawson, Robert Graham, son of Alexander Graham Dawson of Ealing and Jean, d. of James Wilson MD; b. 27 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left July 1939; an administrator; m. 19 Feb. 1953 Mary Leishman, d. of William B. Bell of Glasgow; d. 10 May 2010.

de Pange, Maurice, son of Jean, comte de Pange, of Paris, and Pauline, d. of Victor, 5me duc de Broglie; b. 3 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1925; see The English Schooldays of a French Boy, pub. 1928; d. in Paris 11 Feb. 1927.