Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brittle, L. Cobb, 1918 

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LEONARD COBB BRITTLE

LEONARD COBB BRITTLE DIES IN FRANCE

   The dark side of the war was brought home to the people of Ivor when the 
news was received Sunday afternoon of the death in France of Leonard Cobb 
Brittle, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brittle of this place.  Soon 
after the United States declared war upon Germany, Cobb Brittle volunteered 
because he felt it his duty and privilege.  Though not of draft age and 
realizing that his parents' happiness depended upon him, he left with their 
consent for the training camp at Newport News, and later was sent to Camp 
McClellan, Ala.  In July he left there for France and in September was taken 
with Pneumonia of which he died on September-16. 

   It was the writer's privilege to teach him two years in high school and for 
a year in Sunday school.  He was a faithful in one as the other and to know 
him as this would give one a fair estimate of his life.  He was a true patriot.

   No one of the boys who have gone into military training from this place 
will be more greatly missed and the sorely grieved mother and father have the 
heartfelt sympathy of everyone in the community. 

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LEONARD COBB BRITTLE

   In the Ivor M.E. Church of which he was a member, he will be greatly 
[missed].

   Memorial services were held in the Ivor M.E. Church Sunday for this young 
man, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Brittle of Ivor.  His death overseas on 
September 16 was caused by pneumonia.  He was a volunteer in Company "I" of 
Franklin and had been in the service since the Spring of 1917.  He was an 
excellent young man and a consistent member of the Ivor M.E. Church. 


Pvt. Leonard Cobb BRITTLE, of Ivor, WW-I Army volunteer, 
d. 16 Sep 1918, France, 
interred in Arlington National Cemetery (Section 18, Plot 4014*), 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 4, 1918, p. 6; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 15, 1918, p. 2 

*A photo of his gravestone is posted at 
Find A Grave Memorial #57041665. (www.findagrave.com) 

Cobb's death was also noted in the obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 18, 1918) 
   for Joseph C. HARCUM, KIA 8 Aug 1918: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h625j1ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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