COBB Chart 0308

This is a Chart for Harry Cobb and Florence Beatrice Wilkins

 

married
31st January
1907
Wimborne
Minster
Dorset
witnesses
John WILKINS
Alice COBB
registered
March quarter
1907
Wimbourne district
Dorset

 
 

1
HARRY COBB
born
2nd November
1877
Cobb Cottage
Idstone, Berkshire
or 
Ashbury Berkshire (1881) registered December quarter 
1877 Faringdon district
occupation
1891 Carpenters Apprentice
1901 Bricklayers Labourer
1907 Bricklayer (at marriage)
1939 Bricklayer (Heavy)
died  
12th September 1944
Kingston Common
Ringwood,
Hampshire
Age 66 years
buried  
September 1944
St Paul
 Bisterne
Ringwood,
Hampshire
probate
13th December 1944
Lewes
to
Florence
Beatrice 
COBB
widow 
and
Arthur 
Harry
COBB
police officer
will
£2191 2s. &d

  

2
FLORENCE BEATRICE WILKINS
born  
5th August 1882 
Donhead St. Mary Wilts
or  
The Grange at Wimbourne Minster Dorset
baptised  
Wimbourne Minster, Dorset
occupation
1901 Housemaid
died  
9th February 1979
St Leonard’s Hospital
 nr Ringwood, Hampshire
Age 96 years
buried  
February 1979
St Paul, Bisterne, Ringwood, Hampshire
3
Elsie Beatrice
COBB
born
8th December 1907
Ringwood
Hampshire
died
 10th January 2000
Hitchen Hertfordshire

married
3rd March 1945
Christchurch
district
Hampshire
“Mac”
Standish Alfred Maxwell
DURRANT
born
1910
died
1989
 4
Arthur Harry
COBB
born
12th February
1910
Ringwood
Hampshire
died 
 18th June 2006 Vandean Nursing Home, 
Ringwood, Hampshire 
Age 96

married
3rd September
1932
Ringwood
Hampshire
Elsie E/
Evelyn
PEARCE
 5
Lewis Ernest
(Ern)
COBB
born
10th October 1911
Ringwood
Hampshire
died
17th October 1985
Poulner, Ringwood
Hampshire

married
26th December 1935
 St Nicholas Wickham
nr Fareham
 Hampshire
Jessie
HOUGHTON		 6
Doris Kathleen
COBB
born
18th January
1914
Ringwood
Hampshire

married
11th September
1937
St Paul, Bisterne
Hampshire
George
STEELE		 7
Violet
Marjorie
COBB
born
26th October
1915
Cobb Cottage
 Bisterne Common
 Ringwood,
 Hampshire;
died
21st October 2006
Avonlea Nursing Home
Weymouth, Dorset Age 91
buried
 1st November 2006
 Weymouth Crematorium, Weymouth
Dorset


unmarried		 8
Amy Louise
COBB
born
12th
December
1917
Ringwood
Hampshire

married
12th April
1941
St Paul
Bisterne
Hampshire
Fred
VYE		 9
Ronald George
COBB
born 18th May 1920
Ringwood, Hampshire
occupation
Corporal 2117680
578 Field Coy.
Royal Engineers
died Friday
2nd June 1944
Italy
Age 24 years
Killed in Action, WWII
buried
Grave Reference/Panel Number I B 5
Cassino War Cemetery, Italy

married
14th February 1942
Barbara
 Joyce
SMITH
address 1944
Misterton, Somerset		 10
Stanley Mark
COBB
born
26th
August
1922
Ringwood
Hampshire

married
22nd September
1951
Christchurch
district
Hampshire
(Lily)
 Clementine
HUTCHINGS
 
 
  1. 1881 Cottages Opposite Crow Farm, Ringwood, Hampshire. Mark COBB )44) Farm Carter born Bere Regis, Dorset, wife Louisa (31) born Bere Regis, Dorset, children Thomas C (14) Farm Lab born Moordown, Dorset, Annie L (10) Scholar born Moordown,
    Dorset, Herbert W (8) Scholar born Ashbury, Berkshire, Frank (7) Scholar born Ashbury, Berkshire, Ernest (6) Scholar born Ashbury, Berkshire and Harry (3) born Ashbury, Berkshire
    1891 Crowe Road, Ringwood, Hampshire, Lodging, together with his brother Ernest, with William T LONG (42) Farmer born Holt, Dorset, wife Ann (31) born East Stoke, Dorset, his brother George E LONG (39) Farmer born Holt, Dorset and his aunt Jane BAKER (72) widow Living on her Own Means born Corfe Castle, Dorset. Lodgers were Ernest COBB (17) Carpenter's Apprentice and Harry COBB (15) both born Idstone, Berkshire
    1898 from 18th August (Information from Doug COBB or Ralph WILKINS) Mycroft, 182 Southampton Road, Poulner, Ringwood, Hampshire
    1901 Mycroft, 1 Poulner Road, Ringwood, Hampshire as a widow Widow Louisa COBB (56) Housekeeper Domestic born Bere Regis, Dorset, children Harry (22) Bricklayer's labourer born Idstone, Berkshire, George (15) Grocer's Errand Boy born Ringwood, Hampshire and Alice (12) born Ringwood, Hampshire. Boarding with the family were Ethel BATTEN (4) and Elsie BATTEN (2) both born Ringwood, Hampshire
    1911 Not found, not at home with his wife and family
    1939 9 Kingston Common, Ringwood, Ringwood and Fordingbridge R.D., Hampshire, Harry COBB (born 2 November 1877) Bricklayer, Heavy), Florence B COBB (born 5 August 1882) Unpaid Domestic Duties, Ronald G COBB (born 18 May 1920) Plumber & Fitter (Heavy), Stanley M COBB (born 26 August 1922) Carpenter Apprentice (Heavy), Florence E PEARCE (born 27 March 1876) Unpaid Domestic Duties widowed, Elsie E COBB (born 5 August 1909) 05 Aug 1909) Unpaid Domestic Duties and one Record Officially Closed entry
    1944 Kingston Common, Ringwood, Fordingbridge, Hampshire (address given at probate)
    Notes
    Information from Douglas COBB
    Harry and Florence in family grave
    also
    (Lewis) Ernest & Jessie COBB
    The headstone also commemorates son Ronald killed WWII
    Information from Lewis COBB
    Harry's "birthplace is indicated to be 'Cobb's Cottage' and - believe it or not, the new owners of the cottage where he died, on Kingston Common, Ringwood, Hants, have renamed it 'Cobb's Cottage'. The new owner told me that she had called it such in memory of the 'Cobbs' who had lived there. It is now a 'Dog Sanctuary'."
    "The reference to 'Mycroft' 182 Southampton Road, (Poulner) Ringwood, comes up a lot in the family tree. My grandfather, Harry, as above, built the house in about 1897, my father was born and died there and my sister and myself were both born there. The house was sold 'out of the family' when my mother died about six years ago."
  2.  
  3. 1891 Grange, Wimbourne Minster, Dorset. Father - George WILKINS aged 48 a Blacksmith, born Donhead St Andrew's, Wiltshire, Mother Emma, aged 47 born Donhead St Mary's, Wiltshire, siblings, Henry 20 Blacksmith born Buckthorne Weston, Dorset, Frederick 18 Labourer, born Buckthorne Weston, Dorset, then Willie  (see WILKINS Chart 0300) and then Florence 8 born Wimbourne. there was a Lodger a Edward TRIM aged 58 a Labourer born Donhead St Mary's Wiltshire.
    1901 Grammar School, Wimbourne Minster, Dorset
    1911 1 Mycroft Poulner Road, Ringwood, Hampshire. (Harry was not at home on this census) With the family was Louise COBB, Mother in Law a Widow aged 66 born Bere Regis Dorset, Alice COBB Sister-in-Law agedd 23 a Dressmaker born Ringwood, Hampshire, Cecil TONG a Boarder aged 1 bor Ringwood, Hampshire and Emma WILKINS mother a Widow aged 67 born Donhead, Wiltshire.
    Sister to Willie James WILKINS who married Harry’s sister, Maria Jane
    Parents - George WILKINS and Emma TRIM
  4. 1911 1 Mycroft Poulner Road, Ringwood, Hampshire. (Harry was not at home on this census) With the family was Louise COBB, Mother in Law a Widow aged 66 born Bere Regis Dorset, Alice COBB Sister-in-Law aged 23 a Dressmaker born Ringwood, Hampshire, Cecil TONG a Boarder aged 1 bor Ringwood, Hampshire and Emma WILKINS mother a Widow aged 67 born Donhead, Wiltshire.
  5. 1911 1 Mycroft Poulner Road, Ringwood, Hampshire. (Harry was not at home on this census) With the family was Louise COBB, Mother in Law a Widow aged 66 born Bere Regis Dorset, Alice COBB Sister-in-Law aged 23 a Dressmaker born Ringwood, Hampshire, Cecil TONG a Boarder aged 1 bor Ringwood, Hampshire and Emma WILKINS mother a Widow aged 67 born Donhead, Wiltshire.
  6. ? Lived in Mycroft, Poulner, Ringwood, Hampshire previously the home of Louisa COBB
  7. "Lives in Hertfield, Hertfordshire. Her daughter lives in the USA"
  8. 1998 Ringwood, Hampshire
  9.  
  10. Information from Forces War Records sent by John TERRY 2/11/2014
    First Name: Ronald George 
    Initials: R G 
    Surname: COBB
    DOB: Circa 1920 
    Age: 24 
    Birth County: Hampshire. 
    Nationality: British 
    Resided County: Hampshire. 
    Date of Death: 02/06/1944 
    Information: SON OF HARRY AND FLORENCE BEATRICE COBB; HUSBAND OF BARBARA JOYCE COBB, OF MISTERTON, SOMERSET. 
    Rank: Corporal 
    Service Number: 2117680 
    Campaign Medals: 
    War Medal 1939-1945
    As with most Armed Forces Serving Personal during the conflict of World War Two, Ronald George COBB was entitled to the War Medal 1939-1945. This medal was awarded to all full time service personnel who had completed 28 days service between 3rd September 1939 and the 2nd September 1945. Eligible personnel who had been “Mentioned In Despatches” during the War were entitled to wear a bronze oak leaf emblem on the ribbon. Those eligible for a campaign star, yet who had their service cut short by death, wounds or capture by the enemy, still qualified for this medal. 
    1939-45 Star
    Given the information available to us it is likely that Ronald George COBB was awarded the 1939-45 Star for operational Service in the Second World War between 3rd September 1939, and 2nd September 1945.
    Ronald George COBB would have been awarded this star if their service period was terminated by their death or disability due to service. Also the award of a gallantry medal or “Mention In Despatches” also produced the award of this medal, regardless of their service duration.
    Fighter Aircraft Crew who took part in the Battle of Britain (10 July to 31 October 1940) were awarded the "Battle of Britain" bar to this medal. In undress uniform, a silver-gilt rosette was worn on the medal ribbon to denote the award of this clasp. 
    Service: British Army 
    Regiment: Royal Engineers 
    Royal Engineers during World War 2
    Maybe the most, greatest achievements of the RE’s were the construction and operation of the Mulberry Harbour its support for the Battle of Normandy 1944.
    Battalion: 578 Field Coy. 
    Archive Reference: WO 304/18 
    Commemorated: Italy 
    Place of Death: Italy 
    Collections: UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 
    The IWGC/CWGC Registers Collection
    Information for Barbara Joyce SMITH
    Barbara Joyce COBB née SMITH remarried a Wilf ???.
    1945 Misterton, Somerset
    (Forces War Records for medals of husband Ronald George)
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