BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF WALTER COCKERILL (1871-1945) & EDITH ELLEN RICHARDSON (1875-1942), OF 27, SARAH ANN TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL & 6, RIPON TERRACE, LIDDELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A CHEMICAL WORKS LABOURER. ONE OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN, SEVERAL OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, 63RD BRIGADE, DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN. HE DIED OF CONCUSSION, IN FRANCE, ON 26/04/1917, AGED 19. BURIED AT BOULOGNE MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE”
HIS MOTHER EDITH WAS AWARDED AN WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 7 SHILLINGS FOR THE LOSS OF HER SON. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WALTER COCKERILL.
First name:
WALTER
Military Number:
770661
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
26/04/1917
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
27, SARAH ANN TERRACE, ST PAUL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
