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Philip Wyndham Cobbold F/M [Cobbold-48] c Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married Married: 1902-Jan-14 Cicely Augusta Nevill F/Mc | |||||||||||
| Robert Nevill Cobbold [CFT #470] Born: 1904-Jun-10 Died: 1944-May-27 |
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| Major Robert Nevill Cobbold, 99186 3rd Bn Welsh Guards died on 27th May 1944 at the Battle of Cassino aged 39. He is buried in the Cassino War Cemetery, VIII B 13 in Italy. His headstone is inscribed "In this rich earth a richer dust concealed that is for ever England." He is also commemorated at Eton and on the Marble Memorial for the Welsh Guards, Italian Campaign, February 1944 - April 1945, at St Mark's English Church, Florence; and on the Tattingstone War Memorial in Suffolk. "The news of Robert Cobbold's death in action in Italy will have come as a cruel blow, not only to his family, but to all those, in every walk of life, who were privileged to enjoy his friendship. For with him the art of friendship was a gift rich and rare, & to see him again, however often, was to experience anew a thrill of pleasure. It seemed as if care and worries were all swept aside in the warmth of his welcome, and one felt, immediately, a strange sense of happiness and contentment, and a renewed joy in life. And how he himself enjoyed his own life, in all its varied aspects! He was supremely happy in his family business, where his compelling charm won him so many friends, and it is possibly here that he will be missed most of all. But there will be many, who, like the writer, shared with him all his other interests, who will feel that, by his passing, they have lost something precious and irreplaceable - something of the spirit of companionship and happiness which were so peculiarly his. Those who have shot or fished with him, or seen him with his beloved dogs, or, on a golf course, running, always running, down the fairway, will know that this is so. For he contributed, all unconsciously, so much to our enjoyment that, without him, it will not, and cannot, be the same again. The spice is gone. To his wife, who shared his happy life for so tragically few years, and to all his family - and perhaps most of all, to his father, to whom he was, as a friend has said to the writer, "a part of his daily life" - the hearts of all who knew Robert Cobbold will go out in true and generous sympathy. Their loss is grievous, but the memories - golden, bright and happy - will always remain. "For Death he taketh all away, but these he cannot take". May these memories serve as a comfort to his family - and, indeed to us all - in the years that lie ahead". The Times, August 18th 1944. |
1: 1936 Philippa Cobboldc H/C 2: 1940 Mary Christine Cobboldc H/C | ||||||||||
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