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#384, George Frederick Wanklyn COBBOLD
| Born | 1903 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire |
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| Died | 1989 in Duncan, Cowichan Bay, BC, Canada |
| Father | Robert Russell COBBOLD (1853 - 1925) |
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| Mother | Mary Elizabeth (Cora) WANKLYN (1864 - 1936) |
Educated at Marlborough College (C3), 1917-1921. Commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1942, rising to the rank of Captain and served until 1946. First marriage was dissolved and he met his second wife in Germany at the end of the war. They went to British Honduras where they ran a plantation for a wealthy Canadian and then on to Canada where he worked for a paper manufacturer in British Columbia.
Timeline
Born
Married Margaret (Greta) CECIL
Married Herta Margareta HEINZ
Death of Father, Robert Russell COBBOLD
Birth of Son, Ian Anthony COBBOLD
Death of Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Cora) WANKLYN
Birth of Daughter, Anna-Marie COBBOLD
Birth of Son, Gerald Charles COBBOLD
Death of wife, Margaret (Greta) CECIL
Died 1989