Mordaunt Cohen
Mordaunt Cohen MBE TD was a British soldier and solicitor.
He was born in Sunderland and educated at the Bede Collegiate School. He volunteered for service in 1940 and commanded Nigerian Muslim troops of the Royal West African Frontier Force, leading them against the Japanese in Burma. After the war, he returned to his legal business, representing trade unions and chairing industrial tribunals. He continued to serve in the Territorial Army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was an Orthodox Jew and led the Association of Jewish ex-Service Men. He founded Sunderland Polytechnic in 1969 and was its first chairman.
He married Myrella in 1953 and they had two children. They were the first British couple to hold simultaneous, full-time judicial positions.
