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Cozens, Leslie, 1893-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-05463
  • Person
  • 1893-1915

Cozens, Leslie, brother of Frederick Cyril Cozens (q.v.); b. Sept. 20, 1893; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1911; entered his father's business of tanner and currier at Walsall; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. South Staffs Regt. May 2, 1912; Lieut. March 1, 1914; Capt. May 19, 1915; went out to the western front March 3, 1915; d. Oct. 14, 1915, from wounds received in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt the previous day; unm.

Cozens, Frederick Cyril, 1892-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-05462
  • Person
  • 1892-?

Cozens, Frederick Cyril, son of Frederick Theophilus Cozens, of Walsall, Staffs, by Minnie Gertrude, daughter of Alfred Sydney Smith, of Walsall; b. July 4, 1892; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1911; Emman. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1919; M.A., M.B., and B. Ch. 1925; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. March 31, 1918; served as a Surgeon on H. M. S. Sloop Snapdragon during the war in the Mediterranean; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1921; practised at Herne Bay, Kent; m. Nov. 9, 1920, Jessie McLean, youngest daughter of William Stewart, of Glasgow.

Cowell, Ronald George, 1898-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-05419
  • Person
  • 1898-?

Cowell, Ronald George, son of Ebenezer Hudson and Emily Margaret Cowell, of Norwood, b. Sept. 26, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left Easter 1913; a partner in Hudson Cowell of Bishopsgate, London E. C., grain merchants.

Covington, Crescens Kingsley, 1890-1947

  • GB-2014-WSA-05411
  • Person
  • 1890-1947

Covington, Crescens Kingsley, son of Walter George Covington, C. V. O., of Ealham, secretary of Coutts' Bank, by his first wife, Jeanne, daughter of C. Robinson; b. Sept. 19, 1890; adm. April 26, 1901 (A); K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1913; served in France in the Great War; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. the Sherwood Foresters Oct. 25, 1916; Lieut. April 25, 1918; wounded at Dernancourt March 28, 1918, and lost his right leg; M.C. July 26, 1918; French Croix de Guerre Nov. 1917; director of the Civic Co. Ltd., Fulham Palace Road; m. Aug. 3, 1921, Rosalind Eve, daughter of Henry C. Merillier, of St. John's Wood, d. Oct. 25, 1947.

Coventry, Wyndham John, 1886-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-05409
  • Person
  • 1886-1916

Coventry, Wyndham John, younger son of Frank Coventry, of Twickenham, by Louisa Emily, daughter of Sir John Joseph Grinlinton, of Middle Wallop, Hants; b. Dec. 25, 1886; adm. April 23, 1902 (A); left July 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1906; 2nd Lieut. (unattached) Jan. 19, 1907, 44th Merwara Infantry (Indian Army) March 12, 1908; Squadron Officer 7th Hariana Lancers July 6, 1908; Lieut. Indian Army April 19, 1909; Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; left India with drafts for the 20th Deccan Horse Dec. 7, 1914, and served on the western front as observer in the Royal Flying Corps until. June 1915; was recalled to his regiment in India, and joined the expeditionary force to Mesopotamia July 1915; took part in the battles of Kut and Ctesiphon; mentioned in despatches; d. Jan. 1, 1916, of wounds received in action at Ali Gharh, Mesopotamia, the previous day; unm.

Court-Treatt, Chaplin, 1888-1952

  • GB-2014-WSA-05401
  • Person
  • 1888-1952

Court-Treatt, Chaplin, son of Richard Court Treatt, of Kensington, by Florence Blanche, daughter of William Edward Bartlett, of Kensington; b. Sept. 1888; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (A); left July 1908; studied art; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles 1914; joined the R. F. C. in 1915 and, served in France; severely injured in 1916; Flight-Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; afterwards on the staff in Egypt until the Armistice; acting Major May 1, 1919; African survey party; with his wife and four companions crossed Africa in motor cars, left Cape Town Sept. 23, 1924, and after surmounting innumerable obstacles reached Cairo Jan. 24, 1926 (see Cape to Cairo [1926], by Stella Court Treatt, and Elizabethan, vol. xviii, pp. 92-4); assumed the name of Court as an additional surname in lieu of a Christian name; technical director of a cinematograph studio in America 1931-41; served in Great War II as a Technical Officer, R.A.F. Photographic Dept. 1942-6; returned to America on demobilisation and operated his own studio in California; m. Dec. 9, 1913, Cecile Joyce, younger daughter of the Rev. Henry Trevor Williamson, Vicar of Bullinghope, co. Hereford; d. July 11, 1952.

Cornford, Roger Henley Cope, 1899-1981

  • GB-2014-WSA-05318
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  • 1899-1981

Cornford, Roger Henley Cope, son of L. C. Cornford, of St. Johns Wood; b. May 2, 1899; adm. April 30, 1914 (A); left Dec. 1916; served in France; 2nd Lieut. Royal West Kent Regt. July 31, 1918; Lieut. 1919; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1919; B.A. 1920; M.A. 1921; an architect in private practice; A. R. l. B.A. 1929; 2nd Lieut. Royal West Kent Regt. July 29, 1940; The Buffs 1940; Lieut. 1941; resigned 1942 and resumed practice; m. 1929, Katherine, daughter of B. E. Stroud of Stone, Staffs.; d. 14 Feb. 1981.

Corbould, Peter Marion, 1914-1994

  • GB-2014-WSA-05300
  • Person
  • 1914-1994

Corbould, Peter Marion, brother of Francis Wilfred Paul Corbould (qv); b. 15 Aug. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (A); left Dec. 1931; Coldstream Guards 1940-5 (Maj.); FRSA 1947; a textile execu­tive, later a school registrar; m. 4 May 1940 Diana Marjorie, d. of Gilbert Carsey Chittock, solic itor, of Dilham, Norfolk; d. 24 Apr. 1994.

Corbould, Francis Wilfred Paul, 1910-1970

  • GB-2014-WSA-05299
  • Person
  • 1910-1970

Corbould, Francis Wilfred Paul, son of William Henry Corbould, manager BAT Co., and Laura Tryphena, d. of Edward Augustus Green, brewery owner, of Bath; b. 25 Jan. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left Dec. 1927; Coldstream Guards 1939-45 (Maj.), despatches (Italy) Nov. 1945, wounded; an advertising manager, FIAM 1950; dir. Vick International Ltd; m. 12 Oct. 1935 Brenda Irene, d. of Edward Henry Murphy of Wallington, Surrey; d. 10 Mar. 1970.

Corbould, Anthony Kenneth, 1918-1990

  • GB-2014-WSA-05298
  • Person
  • 1918-1990

Corbould, Anthony Kenneth, brother of Francis Wilfred Paul Corbould (qv); b. 27 May 1918; adm. May 1932 (A); left July 1935; RASC 1940-5 (Capt.); runs a business agency in Sussex; m. 1st 5 Jan. 1957 Jean Phylis, d. of Maj. Sidney Melville Boddy of Carshalton; 2nd 22 July 1961 Dorothy Madeline, d. of Capt. William John Canton OBE DL, solicitor, of Merthyr Tydfil; d. Aug. 1990.

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