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Private

Wilfred Cocker

Service Number 28487
Military Unit 17th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 03 Sep 1916 (18 Years Old)
Place of Birth Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies He was a bookbinder's errand boy in 1911.
Family History

He was the son of John and Gertrude Cocker and the brother of John James, Gertrude, Ernest, May, Harry and Leonard Cocker. In 1911 they lived at 4 Queen's Terrace, Lotus Street, St Ann's Well Road Nottingham.

Military History

He is buried in Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged), 23 September 1916: 'Cocker. Killed in action September 3rd 1916, Private Wilfred Cocker, Sherwood Foresters, age 18, son of John and Gertrude Cocker, 8 Lotus Street.' Nottingham St Mary parish register (1917), 9 Lotus Street: 'CROCKER [Cocker], Wilfred (son) killed May 1915, William killed 1916.' (Nottinghamshire Archives, ref. PR,6786)

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