BORN HULL 1887. LIVED IN SUTTON. SON OF CAPTAIN, T E COCKER, OF 5 CONNAUGHT PLACE, HYDE PARK, LONDON. A SERGEANT IN THE SHANGHAI VOLUNTARY CORP. . PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY AND ACTING CAPTAIN, OF THE ‘A’ BATTERY, 153RD ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. AWARDED THE BELGIUM CROIX DE GUERRE FOR GALLANTRY. HE WAS ATTACHED TO ‘Y’ SECTION, OF THE 36TH TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 29. HE LEFT £618 IN HIS WILL TO CECIL HUGH FALLON, INSURANCE AGENT.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
First name:
THOMAS EDGE
Rank:
Captain
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
29
