George Hubert Cohen
Born:
26 Adar I 5638 (01 March 1878)
Died:
3 Sivan 5675 (16 May 1915)
Basic Information
Birth
Date of birth:
26 Adar I 5638 (01 March 1878)
Place of birth:
West Derby, Lancashire
Death
Date of death:
3 Sivan 5675 (16 May 1915)
Cause of death:
Killed in action battle of Festubert
Burial place:
GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
Places
Addresses
Registered home:
The Priory St Thomas's Road London (1915)
Schools
Name:
Christ's College Cambridge
Other Organisations
Name:
Jewish Lads' Brigade
Cheltenham Chronicle (UK), Obituary, p 6, 29 May 1915
On Saturday we reported the death in action of Capt. Benn Jack Brunel Cohen (O.C.), but it transpires that it was his brother, Lieut. George Hubert Cohen (O.C.), of the 5th Batt. King's (Liverpool Regiment), who lost his life in the fighting near La Bassée on May 17. The deceased officer was the third son of Alderman Louis S. Cohen, J.P., a prominent figure in the civic life of Liverpool, and head of the well-known firm of "Lewis's". Lieut Cohen, who was 37 years old, at one time practised at the Bar in London, and interested himself in the welfare of the Jewish youth of East London. His eldest brother, a major in the same regiment, saw him fall, and immediately went to his aid but was himself wounded, and is now back in England. Lieut. Cohen was always a keen Volunteer, having been a sergeant both in the cadet corps at Cheltenham College and in the C.V.R.V. at Cambridge, and for many years in the Inns of Court; when he resigned from the latter corps he had gained the long service medal. He had been practising law in Liverpool. At the time war broke out he was travelling in Norway, but he hastened to England and immediately enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment; but within a week he was offered a commission in the 5th Battalion King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.)
Family
Siblings
Samuel Mailtland Cohen (male)
Ethel Julie Cohen (female)
Harold Leopold Wolfe Cohen (male)
Ruth Louise Cohen (female)
Eliot Charlie Cohen (male)
Parents
Mother: Martha Levy "May" (female)
Father: Louis Samuel Cohen (male)
Homefront
De Ruvigny's Role of Honour
De Ruvigny's Role of Honour
Military Record
Date discharged/death:
16 May 1915
Rank at discharge/death:
Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
King's Liverpool Regiment
Campaigns:
Battle of Festubert
Medals:
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
16 May 1915
Regiment / service:
The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 5th Bn.
Cemetery:
Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 34.
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Barrister