high wood Posted 13 September , 2009 Share Posted 13 September , 2009 This one should be easy but I cannot decipher the signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 13 September , 2009 Share Posted 13 September , 2009 Major EH Coumbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 13 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 13 September , 2009 Thank you for that. I have found details of an officer with the same name and initials but I am not sure that it is the same man as the rank and unit are different. Medal card of Coumbe, Edward Horace Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Garrison Artillery Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery Captain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 13 September , 2009 Share Posted 13 September , 2009 Edward Holton Coumbe , was a barrister at law, 1914 - 18 commander of 1/9th county of London battalion, mayor of Stoke Newington 1922 -23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 13 September , 2009 Author Share Posted 13 September , 2009 You beat me to it. I have just googled his name and came up with the same information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 13 September , 2009 Share Posted 13 September , 2009 Strange I can`t find him in the 1914 or 1915 Army List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liverpool annie Posted 13 September , 2009 Share Posted 13 September , 2009 Maybe an email to Stoke Newington Library would glean some other "off the wall "information ! 'Operations by the Stoke Newington 1/9th Battalion on Whit Monday 28 May 1917' D/S/49/11 1917 1 item Contents: Duplicated typescript giving description of a proposed exercise in the Chingford and High Beech areas by Major E.H.Coumbe, one of the umpires. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/rec...m=2008-06-18#-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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