George Herbert Cooling
Service number
21500
Military unit
13th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
14 Sep 1916 (32 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Boiler Fireman at local colliery.
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Family history
Son of Annie E Cooling of Disney Norton, Lincolnshire. Annie was unmarried so details of his father are unknown. Widow: Mary Jane, nee Speed, married 1906. Lived at Portland Street, Pleasley. They had one son but he died young and 2 daughters, Ethel, 1912 and Doris in 1913. Mary married Samuel Holmes in the spring of 1917.
Military history
Died of wounds at No 2 Hospital in France. Headstone Inscription: "Peace, Perfect, Peace".
Extra information
This man is commemorated in a book of remembrance held by Mansfield District Council.
Photographs
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