Born: 17 May 1921; Sturminster Newton, Dorset

Census: 1939: France Farm, Stourpaine, Dorset

Died: 25 Feb 2003; Dorchester, Dorset

Father: George Coombes 1878 – 1972

Mother: Fanny [Vincent] Coombes 1886 – 1931

Sibling: George Vincent Coombes 1919 – 1990

Married: Marjorie May Ball 1922 – 1997; 1949; Blandford, Dorset