BORN EGREMONT, CHESHIRE 1894. SON OF FRANK COCKER AND ANNIE HANCOCK, OF 58 AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL. GRANDSON OF MRS M WALTON AT THIS ADDRESS. SON OF A BOOTMAKER. HE WAS A DENTAL STUDENT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/04/1915, AS PRIVATE, 1281, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, 90TH SIEGE BATTERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/06/1917, AGED 23 AT THE 73RD AMBULANCE UNIT. HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRANK.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE ROH, PARK STREET, HULL.
Burial: Heuvelland, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
First name:
FRANK CECIL
Military Number:
141595
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
18/06/1917
Place died:
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
