Family Life
On 1 October 1910 the forty year old Cobbe married the 23 year old Winifred Ada Bowen, daughter of Sir Albert Edward Bowen, 1st Baronet, and his wife Alice Anita Crowther. Sir Albert was the lord of the manor of Colworth, in the parish of Sharnbrook. It is not clear how much time Alexander Cobbe was able to spend with his wife in their 21 years of marriage, the First World War certainly caused them to be parted for long periods, with Winifred mainly staying at Colworth. However, in 1919 a son, Alexander William Locke, known as Bill, was born. The son, Flying Officer A W L Cobbe RAFVR, died on 8 September 1940 in the Battle of Britain.
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