Captain John Henry Dives Costeker ⁶⁹

  General Notes:

Captain with the 16th Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

From CWGC:

Rank: Major
Date of Death: 25/04/1915
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Royal Warwickshire Regiment/attd. as Bde. Maj. 88th Inf. Bde. 29th Div.
Awards: D S O
Grave Reference: F. 10.
Cemetery: 'V' Beach Cemetary

Additional Information:
Son of William and Clara Costeker, of 46, Evelyn Gardens, South Kensington, London; husband of Margaret Picton Grant Poole (formerly Costeker), of 6, Mallord St., Church St., Chelsea, London.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. He appeared on the census in 1881 in Thorncliffe, Battersea Rise, London.

2. Resided: 6 June 1914, 116 Evelyn Gardens, London. ⁶⁹

3. Resided: 25 April 1915, 6 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London. ¹³

4. He had an estate probated on 29 June 1915 in London. ¹³

John married Margaret Picton Grant Morris, daughter of Percy Copeland Morris and Lucy Augsburg White, on 9 June 1914 in St. Peter's Church, Cranley Gardens, South Kensington, London.⁶⁹ (Margaret Picton Grant Morris was born c 1893 in 79 Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London ¹⁰.)