EDWARD GEORGE COE

Edward is remembered on the Screen War memorial at Ipswich Crematorium.

Born: 26th April 1901, Ipswich.

Died: 26th February 1947; age 45; died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, at the Sanatorium, Foxhall, Suffolk.

Informant of the death – widow, Mrs. Ethel E. Coe, of 3, Vernon Street, Ipswich.

Residence: 3, Vernon Street, Ipswich.

Occupation: Storekeeper – Malting Company.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 5998395.

Regiment: Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Memorial Reference:

Screen Wall,

Ipswich Crematorium,

Ipswich.

CENSUS

1911   41, Tyler Street, Ipswich.

Edward was 9 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

William Ambrose Edward Coe, 41, a Railway Signalman – G.E.Railway, born Ipswich.

Alice Alma Coe (nee Leeks), 39, born Chelmondiston, Suffolk.

Basil William Coe, 17, a Railway Staff Caller – G.E. Railway, born Bentley, Suffolk.

Sidney Albert Coe, 16, an Errand Boy, born Bentley.

Percival Charles Coe, 13, a Book Binder, born Bentley.

Edith Hattie Coe, 12, born Ipswich.

William Harold Coe, 7, born Ipswich.

Beatrice Mary Coe, 4, born Ipswich.

Ivy May Coe, 3, born Ipswich.

Daisy Vera Coe, 1, born Ipswich.

Edward’s father, William Ambrose Edward Coe, died in February 1940, of 41, Tyler Street, Ipswich.

In 1929, Ipswich, Edward married widow, Nellie Gladys Whight (nee Last), born 1900, Ipswich – daughter of Arthur Samuel Last, a retired publican, and the late Emily Last (nee Wells), of Ipswich.

Nellie was first married in 1921, Ipswich, to Arthur Stanley Whight, born in 1900, Ipswich.

Nellie and Arthur had two children:

Emily Victoria C. Whight, born February 1922, Ipswich.

Sidney A. Whight, born September 1923, Ipswich.

Arthur Stanley Whight died in 1925, in Ipswich.

Nellie and Edward had three children:

Beatrice Mary Coe, born January 1930, Ipswich.

Frederick Edward Noel Coe, born Christmas Day, 1932, Ipswich.

Gladys Y. Coe, born 1934, Ipswich.

Nellie Gladys Coe died in 1935, in Ipswich.

ENGALND & WALES REGISTER 1939

Edward, a widower, was a Porter Signalman – London North Eastern Railway. He and his daughters were lodging at the family home of widow Ethel Woodcock, of 3, Vernon Street, Ipswich.

Ethel Elizabeth Woodcock (nee Ellis), unpaid Domestic Duties, born January 1894, Greenwich, London.

Betty E. Woodcock, a Shop Assistant – Fruit, born September 1919, Norwich, Norfolk.

Joan E. Woodcock, a Cutter – Silk, born September 1921, Norwich.

Beatrice Coe, at School.

Gladys Coe, at School.

In 1940, in Ipswich, Edward married widow Ethel Elizabeth Woodcock (nee Ellis), born January 1894.

Ethel was first married in 1919, Ipswich, to Walter Woodcock.

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