BORN HULL 1868. WIFE ELIZABETH (MIDGLEY). FRANK (RE’S) SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. 1918 VOTERS. SON OF LATE WILLIAM & ALICE COCKRAM.
Upcerne SS was a British Merchant steamer of 2,984grt built in1906 by Ropner & Son, Stockton, England and owned by Minterne SS. Co. Ltd (A.F. Hood), London. On the 28th April 1918 when on route from Narvik for Middlesbrough she was torpedoed by German submarine UC-40 when 4 miles SE x S from Coquet Island, Northumberland, England when carrying a cargo of iron ore & wood. 16 deaths.
COCKRAM, JAMES SNELL (50), First Mate, SS Upcerne, Mercantile Marine, †28/04/1918, Son of the late William and Alice Cockram; husband of Elizabeth Cockram (nee Midgley), of 31, Granville St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
