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Lieut Alexander Oswin Coghill

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Lieut Alexander Oswin Coghill

Birth
County Dublin, Ireland
Death
11 Sep 1918 (aged 26)
Cramlington, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
Burial
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Add to Map
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Son of Alexander Sinclair Coghill [1853-1928] and Rhoda Anne Baily Coghill [1863-1941], of Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin.

Alexander Sinclair Coghill, of 32 Marlborough Road Donnybrook, Dublin, son of John Coghill, married Rhoda Anne Baily of 3, Church Avenue, daughter of William Hellier Baily, on 3 August 1888, at 3 Church Avenue, Rathmines, by special licence from Rathmines Parish [C of I] Church.
This was due to the illnes of her father
William Hellier Baily
who died 3 days later

In the 1911 census, the Coghill family were living at Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin.
Present were,
Alexander Coghill, aged 57, a Stationer's Printer, married, born in Scotland.
Rhoda, his wife, aged 47, married, born in Dublin.
They had been married 22 years and had 8 children, all living.
John, son, aged 21, an undergraduate student,
May, daughter, aged 20,
Alexander, son, aged 18, an Engineer apprentice,
Sinclair, son, aged 16, a Scholar,
William, son, aged 15, a Scholar,
George, son, aged 13, a Scholar,
Noel, son, aged 11, a Scholar,
Rhoda, daughter, aged 7, a Scholar,

All of the children were born in Dublin.
A domestic servant was also present.

Alexander Oswin Coghill married Jessie Lovell Purdy, only child of William James Purdy and Jessie Kinnaird Purdy of 8 Bushy Park Road, Rathgar, Dublin, in Dublin, in Autumn 1917.
Jessie remarried in 1929, in Dublin.

Death
11.9.18 Avro 504K D8890, 52 TDS, Cramlington
Stalled on gliding turn and nose dived, Cramlington
2Lt Alexander Oswin Coghill (26) killed
Flt Cadet Cecil Gwyn Sutton-Jones (28) killed

On the morning of 11 September 1918, training aircraft Avro 504K (D8890) took of from RAF Cramlington, Northumberland, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Oswin Coghill with Flight Cadet Cecil Gwyn Sutton-Jones as his passenger.
The aircraft stalled at about 300 feet during a turn, and dived straight into the ground in a field near Cramlington Railway Station, killing both men.

His brother
Sinclair Baxter Coghill
died in WW1.
His sister
Rhoda Coghill
was a noted musician.
Son of Alexander Sinclair Coghill [1853-1928] and Rhoda Anne Baily Coghill [1863-1941], of Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin.

Alexander Sinclair Coghill, of 32 Marlborough Road Donnybrook, Dublin, son of John Coghill, married Rhoda Anne Baily of 3, Church Avenue, daughter of William Hellier Baily, on 3 August 1888, at 3 Church Avenue, Rathmines, by special licence from Rathmines Parish [C of I] Church.
This was due to the illnes of her father
William Hellier Baily
who died 3 days later

In the 1911 census, the Coghill family were living at Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin.
Present were,
Alexander Coghill, aged 57, a Stationer's Printer, married, born in Scotland.
Rhoda, his wife, aged 47, married, born in Dublin.
They had been married 22 years and had 8 children, all living.
John, son, aged 21, an undergraduate student,
May, daughter, aged 20,
Alexander, son, aged 18, an Engineer apprentice,
Sinclair, son, aged 16, a Scholar,
William, son, aged 15, a Scholar,
George, son, aged 13, a Scholar,
Noel, son, aged 11, a Scholar,
Rhoda, daughter, aged 7, a Scholar,

All of the children were born in Dublin.
A domestic servant was also present.

Alexander Oswin Coghill married Jessie Lovell Purdy, only child of William James Purdy and Jessie Kinnaird Purdy of 8 Bushy Park Road, Rathgar, Dublin, in Dublin, in Autumn 1917.
Jessie remarried in 1929, in Dublin.

Death
11.9.18 Avro 504K D8890, 52 TDS, Cramlington
Stalled on gliding turn and nose dived, Cramlington
2Lt Alexander Oswin Coghill (26) killed
Flt Cadet Cecil Gwyn Sutton-Jones (28) killed

On the morning of 11 September 1918, training aircraft Avro 504K (D8890) took of from RAF Cramlington, Northumberland, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Oswin Coghill with Flight Cadet Cecil Gwyn Sutton-Jones as his passenger.
The aircraft stalled at about 300 feet during a turn, and dived straight into the ground in a field near Cramlington Railway Station, killing both men.

His brother
Sinclair Baxter Coghill
died in WW1.
His sister
Rhoda Coghill
was a noted musician.


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