The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal C G Coomber

Lance Corporal Charlie Guy COOMBER, G/1520, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 16th August 1917, age 30.

Born Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent, son of Stephen and Ellen Coomber, of Finch Green, Chiddingstone Heath, Edenbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - Finch Green, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent - Ellen Coomber, head, age 56, widow, born Hever, Kent; William Coomber, son, age 27, single, general labourer, born Chiddingstone, Kent; Charlie Coomber, son age 23, single, domestic gardener, born Chiddingstone, Kent; Florence Coomber, daughter, age 16, single, born Chiddingstone, Kent.

Enlisted Edenbridge, Kent.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVI. C. 1., Iraq. Commemorated on Chiddingstone Roll of Honour.

See also Sgt W D Coomber

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