{"id":19190,"date":"2022-12-14T07:13:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T07:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=19190"},"modified":"2022-12-14T07:13:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T07:13:40","slug":"cohen-alfred-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/cohen-alfred-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohen, Alfred"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"name\">Alfred Cohen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Staff Serjeant, Royal Army Service Corps<br>Service number: S\/214933<br>Died 9 Mar 1941<br>Buried Willesden Jewish Cemetery, United Kingdom  <br>Age 46<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Alfred was born on 23 October 1896 in Odessa, Ukraine. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli in WW1 and was mentioned in despatches. He was a member of Cricklewood Synagogue and was a keen sportsman and football player. He played football for the Jews Free School, the Mile End Old Boy&#8217;s Club and for his Army battalion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He married Jenny Herman in 1922 and they had a daughter Greta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred was killed on 9 March 1941 during a bombing raid on Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alfred-Cohen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alfred-Cohen.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alfred-Cohen-250x362.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Alfred-Cohen-120x174.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><figcaption>Courtesy Jewish Military Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alfred Cohen Staff Serjeant, Royal Army Service CorpsService number: S\/214933Died 9 Mar 1941Buried Willesden Jewish Cemetery, United Kingdom Age 46 Alfred was born on 23 October 1896 in Odessa, Ukraine. 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