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Chaplain 4Th Class The Rev. ELIJAH COBHAM

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Chaplains' Department

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY

5. A. 15.

Tanzania

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. King's African Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John and Martha Ann Cobham, of Waterloo, Liverpool, England, and Crowborough, Sussex, England. Glenalmond and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. M.A., Vicar of All Saints, Fishponds, Bristol, England; Colonial and Continental Church Society's Chaplain at Nakuru, East Africa.
  • Personal Inscription I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU PHIL.I.3
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Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 1917
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