The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant W G Coggins

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Second Lieutenant Wilfred George COGGINS, 4th Battalion (Territorial), Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, attached 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, died of wounds, 15th December 1916, age 19.

20th September 1897, born Bicester, Oxfordshire, son of Edward and Emily Coggins, of 24, Banbury Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire.

26th October 1897, Bicester, Oxfordshire, baptism Wilfred George Coggins, son of Edward, (accountant) & Hannah Emily Coggins, of Town End Villa, Bicester, Oxfordshire.

1911 Census - Town End Villa, Banbury Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire - Edward Coggins, head, age 62, married, cashier & accountant, auctioneering, born Deddington, Oxfordshire; Hannah Emily Coggins, wife, age 5, married 22 years, 3 child, all still alive, born Wantage, Berkshire; Cyril James Coggins, son, age 19, single, clerk, banking, born Bicester, Oxfordshire; Wilfred George Coggins, son, age 13, school, born Bicester, Oxfordshire; Hannah Elizabeth Palmer, servant, age 28, single, general servant domestic, born Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Private 19th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.6891; 14th November 1915, posted BEF; 7th July 1916, Commissioned 4th Battalion (Territorial), Royal West Kent Regiment;

Buried at St Sever Cemetery, Officers, B. 3. 31., Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.

London Gazette 13th July 1916.

Royal West Kent Regiment. - The under mentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation). 8th July 1916: Wilfred George Coggins

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