Researching Adrian Cole
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The name Adrian means "Dark one" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Adrian Cole on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Adrian Cole and the Cole Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cole Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cole family tree.
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Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Adrian Cole using the FreeBMD database.
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Cole Family Tree Databases
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Cole Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Adrian Cole. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Adrian Cole
Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)
Air Vice Marshal Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole, CBE, DSO, MC, DFC (19 June 1895 – 14 February 1966) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Joining the army at the outbreak of World War I, he transferred to the Australian Flying Corps in 1916 and flew with No. 1 Squadron in the Middle East and No. 2 Squadron on the Western Front. He became an ace, credited with victories over ten enemy aircraft, and earned the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1921, he was a founding member of the RAAF.
"King" Cole rose to the position of Air Member for Supply in 1933 and gained promotion to group captain in 1935. The following year he was appointed the first commanding officer of Headquarters RAAF Station Richmond. During World War II, he led North-Western Area Command in Darwin, Northern Territory, and held a series of overseas posts in North Africa, England, Northern Ireland, and Ceylon. As Forward Air Controller during the Dieppe Raid in 1942, he was wounded in action and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Cole served on corporate boards of directors following his retirement from the RAAF in 1946. He died in 1966 at the age of seventy.
Source: Adrian Cole (RAAF officer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cole
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