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23/08/2007, 11:43 PM RichardD Joined on 23/08/2007 Posts 1 Newton Poppleford War Memorial - Kingsley Mozart Cody does anone know anything about this name - "Kingsley Mozart Cody" among the war dead commemorated on the War Memorial at Newton Poppleford please? Oh for a name like that!  If anyine can help unravel the mystery of who he was  and why so named, I will be grateful, thanks.  RichardD from Reading,Berks.    Report

29/08/2007, 5:46 PM Susan Joined on 29/08/2007 Posts 2 Re: Newton Poppleford War Memorial - Kingsley Mozart Cody  RichardD wrote: does anone know anything about this name - "Kingsley Mozart Cody" among the war dead commemorated on the War Memorial at Newton Poppleford please? Oh for a name like that!  If anyine can help unravel the mystery of who he was  and why so named, I will be grateful, thanks.  RichardD from Reading,Berks. I have checked on Ancestry.com and can find a Kingsley Mozart Cody born in Worcester in approx 1887, his father was Edward Cody, a Miller, born in Limerick, his mother Anna, was born in Devon. Kingsley married in 1908 in Devon.    Report

30/08/2007, 8:25 PM Susan Joined on 29/08/2007 Posts 2 Re: Newton Poppleford War Memorial - Kingsley Mozart Cody A Kingsley Mozart Cody was born in Pershore in 1887, his father was Edward Cody a Miller from Limerick Ireland. His mother Anna from Devon. Kingsley was married in 1908 in Devon. I cannot find any military information. Regards Sue.    Report

06/04/2008, 9:51 PM Carroll Joined on 03/04/2008 Posts 2 Re: Newton Poppleford War Memorial - Kingsley Mozart Cody Hello Richard, Kingsley Mozart Cody was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (1st July 1916).  He was a Private in the Devonshire Regiment and is remembered at Serre Cemetery No.2, France. I am researching his family for a good friend of ours - Kingsley was his great Uncle.  Do you have a particular interest in this CODY family Best Wishes, Carroll      Report

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