Cobb, Frederick Charles


Captain / King's Own Scottish Borderers

1889 - 1915
Biography:

Frederick Charles Cobb was born 10 May 1889, the son of Edward Winstanley Cobb and Rosalie Cobb of Horsell, Woking.

He came to Winchester College from Mr CE Freeman's school at Southborough and was in D House, Fearon's. He was a House prefect in his last year and played in Commoner VI in 1906.

Frederick left Winchester in the summer of 1907 for New College, Oxford and took his degree in 1910 and afterwards read for the Bar.

Three weeks after the outbreak of war he was gazetted to the 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers and went to France in May 1915. He was killed near Bethune on 25 September of that year, while attempting to bring in a brother officer who had fallen near him. He is buried in Grave L.8 of the Cambrin Churchyard Extension. 


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