Rushden Echo, 9th November 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins
Pte R Cobley Succumbs to Wounds
Another Raunds war victim is Pte R Cobley, Nofolk Regiment, aged 20, son of Mr and Mrs Owen Cobley, of Marshalls-road, Raunds, who, before enlisting on January 15th last, worked for Messrs Adams Brothers, Government boot contractors. Writing to the parents of the deceased soldier, the sister in charge of the 41st Casualty Clearing Station, France, says: “My thoughts are with you, for I know how keenly you must feel the sad news about your son. He was brought to this hospital dangerously wounded in the arm. Everything that could be done was done, and he had every attention, but all was of no avail, and he died very peacefully on October 12th. He is buried in a military cemetery near here, and a cross will be put up to mark the grave.”
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