The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lieutenant J C Cobb

Lieutenant James Cassels COBB, 5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France, 23rd August 1918, age 33.

Born 26th September 1884, at Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, son of Arthur Stanley and Margaret Ritchie Cobb, of The Parsonage, Bitterne, Ringwood, Hampshire.

Educated at Blackheath & Brecon, became actor & writer.

1911 Census - 76 Romney, Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Kent - Margaret Ritchie Cobb, head, age 54, widow, married 38 years, 7 children, all still alive, private means, born Portugal, British subject by parentage; Margaret Gwendoline Cobb, daughter, age 29, single, born Tenby, Wales; Herbert Stanley Cobb, son, age 27, single, bank cashier, born Tenby, Pembrokeshire; James Cassels Cobb, son, age 26, single, actor, born Pontypridd, Glamorganshire; Millicent Jessie Cobb, daughter, age 25, single, born Pontypridd, Wales; Charles Eric Cobb, son, age 15, single, school, born Penarth, Wales; Elizabeth Webster, age 26, servant, single, general servant domestic, born Lewisham, London; Jessie Bayne, niece, age 23, single, born Blackheath, London.

Enlisted 10th August 1914; 5th November 1914, commissioned ; July to December 19156, served in Gallipoli; wounded accidentally in Egypt, after a years sick leave returned to France.

11th February 1919, Probate - Cobb James Cassels of Romney, Shortlands, Kent, Lieutenant (Acting Captain), Royal West Kent Regiment, died 23rd August 1918 in France. Probate London 11th February to Margaret Ritchie Cobb, widow. Effects £581 1s 2d.

Buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, VIII. G. 5., Somme, France. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

London Gazette 5th November 1914.

5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, the under mentioned to be Second Lieutenants, dated 6th November 1914 - Private James Cassels Cobb.

London Gazette 8th May 1917.

War Office, 8th May, 1917. TERRITORIAL FORCE. INFANTRY.

2nd Lieutenant (temporary Lieutenant), J C Cobb, to be Lieutenant, with precedence as from 1st June 1916 and to remain seconded. - 9th May 1917.

London Gazette 25th September 1917.

Royal West Kent Regiment - Lieutenant J. C. Cobb to be acting Captain whilst commanding a Company - 1st September 1917.

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