Wing Commander Lionel Cohen - The Man with a Hundred Lives

Discussion in 'World War 1' started by liverpool annie, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Now heres a man with quite a life !! ..... :)

    Wing Commander Lionel Frederick William Cohen, DSO, MC (World War I), DFC (World War II) was known as 'Sos' or sausage to all who knew him, and Evergreen to all his RAF comrades. He was born at Tankerville House, Tankerville Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on June 7th 1875, son of the distinguished Anglo-Jewish family of Andrew J F Cohen, shipowner, and was one of six brothers and five sisters all of whom attended the Singleton House Primary School.

    http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sugar13.html
     
  2. Adrian Roberts

    Adrian Roberts Active Member

    A full life indeed. I've kept the attached account since we discussed him on the WW2 forum a while ago:
     

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