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John Cobb
Lance Serjeant R/2339
9th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
John Cobb died on 24th August 1916, aged 28, and was buried in the DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France.
He was born c1888 at Kirkby-in-Ashfield and was the son of Edward and Ann Cobb. Edward Cobb was a Coal Miner and a native of Casle Acre, Norfolk. His wife Ann was also born at Castle Acre, Norfolk and on the 1901 census they were living in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
After his death his parents were recorded as Edward and Maria Cobb, of 81 Mason Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Cobb, Lance Sergeant John, K.R.R.C.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
The King's Royal Rifle Corps’
COBB
John. Born Kirkby, Notts, enlisted
Nottingham. 9th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps,
Cpl (L/Sgt) R/2339, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 24th August
1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes