Philip William Cossey^[1]

1909 - 1952  (42 years)

• Name	Philip William Cossey
  Birth	14 Nov 1909	Herne Bay, , Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Name	Cossey
  Death	1952	Eastbourne, , Sussex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I2825	Emmert-Tipton
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry Casey
  Mother	Jane Clara Devon,   b. 27 Nov 1878, Haggerston, , Middlesex, England
  Marriage	25 Dec 1904	Sidcup, , , England
  	Family tradition is that Jane was unable to read - and her signature on the marriage register looks a very childish hand, suggesting that she could barely write.
  Family ID	F521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mirabelle Eames Bentall,   b. 1910   d. Mar 1946, Surrey, , , England (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1944	Surrey, , , England   [1]
  	Mid-Eastern district of Surrey (registered 2a 681)
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Winfred Bentall,   b. 1905
  Marriage	Jun 1947	Surrey, , , England
  	5g 755
  Children	1. Dickon Cossey   2. Linda Cossey
  Family ID	F434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Nov 1909 - Herne Bay, , Kent, England Marriage - Sep 1944 - Surrey, , , England Marriage - Jun 1947 - Surrey, , , England Death - 1952 - Eastbourne, , Sussex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The family tradition is that he committed suicide at Beachy Head - and his death is registered in Eastbourne, Sussex, Jun 1954 5h 233, age 44. (Beachy Head is the highest chalk cliff on the coast of England, over 500 feet high - and used to be a notorious place for suicides, though the numbers have diminished in recent years. It is close to the town of Eastbourne.) Philip Cossey took his own life on Beachy Head, Sussex, around 1952 when he and Win found themselves in a lot of debt running a post office in a village near Guildford (Elstead I think).

  
  

• Sources

  [S418] Clive Grainger, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], Clive Grainger (Reliability: 3).