The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…
1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb.
1915; went to the Front, 5 March following, and was killed in action
in the trenches at St. Eloi by a German sniper, 22 June, 1915, being
buried in a military cemetery near Dickebusch; _unm._ He had
previously been wounded at Hooge, 24 May, and the Medical Officer in
writing of this said: “Your son was slightly wounded on Whit Monday
in a street which was heavily shelled by the enemy. About 40 officers
and men were hit in a short time. Mr. Coker refused all attention
until the others were seen to, helped to carry and dress them, and
set a magnificent example to the rest of the wounded by his pluck and
coolness. It hardly struck me at the time, it was so entirely what
one would have expected of him. He was a fine type of officer and
gentleman.” At Wellington Lieut. Coker was a college prefect, in the
cricket eleven and a gymnasium officer, and was a Sergt. in the O.T.C.,
which rank he also held in the O.T.C. at Oxford. He played cricket,
hockey and football for his college at the latter place, and was in the
shooting team. He was a member of Vincents, Authentics and Cryptics.
Had he lived one day longer he would have obtained his temporary
captaincy. His commanding officer wrote of him: “We were very sorry to
lose your son, who was always most gallant and very popular.”
[Illustration: =Cadwallader J. Coker.=]
=COKER, HORACE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7715), S.S. 103095,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=COLBOURNE, EDWARD JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1594, 16th Auckland
Infantry, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Robert
James Colbourne, of 7, Clarendon Crescent, Leamington Spa, by his
wife, Emily Florence; _b._ 8 Jan. 1892; educ. at Stanley House,
Margate, and Solihull Grammar School; went to New Zealand in Dec. 1911;
enlisted in the 16th Auckland Infantry, Nov. 1914; left on 13 Feb. with
the third reinforcements, and was killed in Gallipoli on 8 May, 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Edward James Colbourne.=]
=COLBOURNE, ERIC KRABBÉ=, M.C., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Royal Berkshire
Regt., 3rd _s._ of Louis Colbourne, of Beckenham, Kent, M.D., by
his wife, Henrietta Leonora, dau. of Charles Brehmer Krabbé; _b._
Buenos Ayres, 25 June, 1888; educ. Berkhamsted School; went to British
Columbia in 1907 and settled in Victoria, but after the outbreak of
war came home and was given a commission in the 3rd Berkshires, 19
Jan. 1915. He died at Choques, 27 June, 1915, of wounds received in
action, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He was awarded
the Military Cross [London Gazette, 24 July, 1915] for “conspicuous
gallantry and devotion to duty at Cuinchy on the early morning of 22
June, 1915.” The Germans, following a gas attack, exploded a mine in
front of one of our own in which was a Sergt. and about eight of our
men, but owing to the gallant efforts of 2nd Lieut. Colbourne, another
officer and a few men, who repeatedly went down among the fumes, all
the men were rescued, although the rescuers suffered considerably.
Lieut. Colbourne _m._ at Victoria, British Columbia, 31 Dec. 1912,
Florence Marion, only dau. of George Gillespie, of Victoria, British
Columbia; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Eric Krabbé Colbourne.=]
=COLE, ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2732), S.S. 58, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=COLE, FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3834), 198991, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COLE, FREDERICK GEORGE PARKER=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 272386, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=COLE, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Private, No. 61489, 3rd Battn.
(Canterbury Infantry), New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._
of Thomas Cole, of Butcombe Farm, Blagdon, Bristol, Farmer, by his
wife, Anna, dau. of Benjamin Warford; _b._ Stock Farm, Langford,
Bristol, co. Somerset, 29 Nov. 1881; educ. at Churchill Public School;
was a farmer; left England for New Zealand, 25 April, 1913; volunteered
on the outbreak of war and enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary
Force in Nov. 1914; left for Egypt with the third reinforcements and
was in action at Cape Helles and Anzac Cove from 12 May to 4 June,