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Derrick Coomber b.1924

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Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 19 Nov 2008 11:23

I would be grateful if anyone can give me any information on Derrick Christopher Coomber (1924-1945) or his wife Gertrude and daughter Deidre. He was born Kingston, Surrey and Gertrude may have been Irish.

Diane

Diane Report 19 Nov 2008 11:30

Name: COOMBER, DERICK CHRISTOPHER
Initials: D C
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Suffolk Regiment
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 02/01/1945
Service No: 6300206
Additional information: Son of Wallace and Millie Coomber; husband of Gertie Coomber, of Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 2.
Cemetery: VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

Researching:
Wanklin, Mulloy, Hill, Sheward, Stubbs, georke, schreiner, flockemann, neuhoff

Diane

Diane Report 19 Nov 2008 11:33

brother perhaps


Births Jun 1922 (>99%)
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Coomber Walter G C Newman Kingston 2a 727

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Researching:
Wanklin, Mulloy, Hill, Sheward, Stubbs, georke, schreiner, flockemann, neuhoff

doddsy1

doddsy1 Report 19 Nov 2008 13:05

Wallace M Coomber married Florence M Brown in 1924, Malling, Kent

Possible son Desmond B Coomber born 1927, Malling, Kent

David

David Report 19 Nov 2008 13:34

Births Mar 1924
Coomber Derrick C Newman Kingston 2a 689
Newman = mother's maiden name

Births Jun 1922
Coomber Walter G C Newman Kingston 2a 727

possible marriage

Marriages Jun 1914
Coomber George Newman Camberwell 1d 1660
Newman Elizabeth M Coomber Camberwell 1d 1660

Derrick's birth certificate wii give more info.

David

David Report 19 Nov 2008 14:06

Coomber, Deidre J mmn Barrow
Birth Sept Q 1945 Sheppey 2a 2159

this doesn't seem to tie in with the above?

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 20 Nov 2008 13:20

definately a brother Libby, thankyou.
This could be the right people Choirman but I will check further.

Michael

Michael Report 6 Oct 2022 20:17

Gertrude is my Aunt and Deidre is my Cousin, they are from N Ireland.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 6 Oct 2022 20:27

You have added to a 14-year-old thread, and the poster is no longer a member of GR, so cannot be contacted through this site