Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book4, Lillian, formerly of Toronto, dau. of the late Henry Hodges Weller; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Albert Cocks.=] =CODD, HARRY CARR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17530, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CODLING, ALFRED INCH=, A.B., 219051, Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COE, BARNABAS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1150), 276443, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COE, HERBERT CLYDE=, Leading Cook's Mate, M. 20, H.M.S. Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =COHEN, GEORGE HUBERT=, B.A., LL.B., Lieut 5th King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Alderman Louis Samuel Cohen, of The Priory, St. Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool, J.P., an ex-Lord Mayor of Liverpool, by his wife, May, dau. of the Hon. Louis Wolfe Levy, M.L.C., Sydney, N.S.W.; _b._ Liverpool, 26 Jan. 1878; educ. Cheltenham and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours B.A., LL.B., in 1901. He was called to the Bar in 1903, and practised law in Liverpool in the Northern Circuit, and was a member of the Inner Temple. He had always been a keen Volunteer, having been a sergt. both in the Cadet Corps at Cheltenham College and in the C.V.R.U. at Cambridge, and was for many years in the Inns of Court O.T.C., and gained the Long Service medal. On the outbreak of war he was travelling in Norway, and hastened to England and immediately enlisted in the Public Schools Battn. of the Middlesex Regt., but within a week he was given (19 Sept. 1914) a Lieut.'s commission in the 5th Battn. King's Liverpool Regt., in which his brother, Stanley, was Major. He went to France, Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ His colonel, J. M. McMaster, wrote: "He died as glorious a death as any soldier could ever wish for or hope for, gallantly leading his men in a charge against the enemy's trenches. It was a difficult and dangerous task, but he and his men went to the assault in the way we expect British soldiers to act, without fear or hesitation. We mourn his loss and respect his memory. His disposition was kindliness itself, and he had thoroughly endeared himself to us all. We took the German trench and more than 120 prisoners surrendered to us. Your son lies buried in all honour near the field of battle at Richebourg L'Avoué. I am sorry to say that Stanley (his yr. brother, Major, now (1916) Lieut.-Col. S. Cohen) incurred a wound, which I hope and believe is only slight, in voluntarily going out in the attempt to reach George and succour him. Capt. Fairclough, on the same errand of mercy, was also wounded." =COKE, HON. ARTHUR GEORGE=, Lieut., R.N.V.R., Armoured Cars Division, 2nd _s._ of Thomas William, 3rd Earl of Leicester, G.C.V.O., C.M.G., by his wife, the Hon. Alice Emily, née White, dau. of Luke, 2nd Lord Annaly; _b._ London, 6 April, 1882; educ. H.M.S. Britannia; joined the Navy, 1897, and retired with the rank of Lieut. after some six years' service. On the outbreak of the war he obtained a commission of 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), 5 Sept. 1914, but was almost immediately transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, and served with that regt. in Flanders, including the first Battle of Ypres, until he was transferred as Lieut. to the Armoured Cars Division, R.N.V.R., in Jan. 1915. He was killed In action at the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915. He _m._ in London, 10 May, 1906, Phyllis Hermione (Flaunden, Chesham, Bucks), only dau. of Francis Saxham E. Drury, of Pont Street, London, and had a son and dau.: Anthony Lovel, _b._ 14 Sept. 1909; and Deana Muriel, _b._ 7 Nov. 1907. =COKE, FREDERICK=, A.B., 239092, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =COKER, CADWALLADER JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Welsh Regt., yr. _s._ of the late James Gould Coker, by his wife, Florence Emily (The Grove, Mayfield Sussex), 2nd dau. of Cotterill Scholefield; _b._ Somerset Place, Bath, 11 May, 1892; educ. Wellington College and Oriel College, Oxford; and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Welsh Regt. 15 Sept. 1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Front, 5 March following, and was killed in action in the trenches at St. Eloi by a German sniper, 22 June, 1915, being buried in a military cemetery near Dickebusch; _unm._ He had previously been wounded at Hooge, 24 May, and the Medical Officer in writing of this said: "Your son was slightly wounded on Whit Monday in a street which was heavily shelled by the enemy. About 40 officers and men were hit in a short time. Mr. Coker refused all attention until the others were seen to, helped to carry and dress them, and set a magnificent example to the rest of the wounded by his pluck and coolness. It hardly struck me at the time, it was so entirely what one would have expected of him. He was a fine type of officer and gentleman." At Wellington Lieut. Coker was a college prefect, in the cricket eleven and a gymnasium officer, and was a Sergt. in the O.T.C., which rank he also held in the O.T.C. at Oxford. He played cricket, hockey and football for his college at the latter place, and was in the shooting team. He was a member of Vincents, Authentics and Cryptics. Had he lived one day longer he would have obtained his temporary captaincy. His commanding officer wrote of him: "We were very sorry to lose your son, who was always most gallant and very popular." [Illustration: =Cadwallader J. Coker.=] =COKER, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7715), S.S. 103095, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COLBOURNE, EDWARD JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1594, 16th Auckland Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Robert James Colbourne, of 7, Clarendon Crescent, Leamington Spa, by his wife, Emily Florence; _b._ 8 Jan. 1892; educ. at Stanley House, Margate, and Solihull Grammar School; went to New Zealand in Dec. 1911; enlisted in the 16th Auckland Infantry, Nov. 1914; left on 13 Feb. with the third reinforcements, and was killed in Gallipoli on 8 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Edward James Colbourne.=] =COLBOURNE, ERIC KRABBÉ=, M.C., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Royal Berkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of Louis Colbourne, of Beckenham, Kent, M.D., by his wife, Henrietta Leonora, dau. of Charles Brehmer Krabbé; _b._ Buenos Ayres, 25 June, 1888; educ. Berkhamsted School; went to British Columbia in 1907 and settled in Victoria, but after the outbreak of war came home and was given a commission in the 3rd Berkshires, 19 Jan. 1915. He died at Choques, 27 June, 1915, of wounds received in action, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 24 July, 1915] for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Cuinchy on the early morning of 22 June, 1915." The Germans, following a gas attack, exploded a mine in f |