Col. George Henry Holbeche Couchman D. S. O.
(1859-1936)

Col. George Henry Holbeche Couchman D. S. O.

Born: 7 Dec 1859, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Christened: 20 Feb 1860, Saint Thomas' Mount, Madras, India
Marriage (1): Helen Mary Chattock on 2 Sep 1899 in Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Died: 25 May 1936, St. Thomas, Devon, England aged 76

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Spouses/Children:

1. Helen Mary Chattock

bullet Birth Notes:

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And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FG4T-R3J

And

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bullet Christening Notes:

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bullet Death Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSDeath93&h=29225063&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1904

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1904&iid=31874_222971-00908&fn=George+Henry+Holbeche&ln=Couchman&st=r&ssrc=&pid=5794148

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. Colonel, 13th Foot, later Somerset Light Infantry, of Hedges, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, b. 7 Dec 1859 at St. Thomas's Mount, Madras, educ Haileybury, served in Burma 1885-87 (D.S.O., despatches), Burma 1891-92, commanded 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 1906-10 and was Area Commandant, B.E.F. 1917-19 (despatches), m. 1899, Helen Mary, second dau of Richard Samuel Chattock of Silhill House, Solihull and his wife Fanny (nee Birkett) and d.s.p. 25 Feb 1936. See Who's Who.
http://whitlockfamilyassociation.com.s3.amazonaws.com/sources/miscellaneous/X1019.pdf

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Edward+Holbeche&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Couchman&gsln_x=XO&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1113029&recoff=12+13+37+38+39&db=bivri_EnglandMarriages&indiv=1

• Will. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1904&iid=31874_222971-00908&fn=George+Henry+Holbeche&ln=Couchman&st=r&ssrc=&pid=5794148

• Children. In the UK census of 1911 he had been married 11 years and had no children.
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George married Helen Mary Chattock, daughter of Richard Samuel Chattock and Fanny Birkett, on 2 Sep 1899 in Thatcham, Berkshire, England. (Helen Mary Chattock was born Dec Q 1868 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England and died on 5 Feb 1962 in Exmouth, Devon, Cornwall.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

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