BORN HULL 1882. SON OF ALBERT COCKERILL (1842-1922) & EMILY COCKERILL (1842-1914). ONE OF ELEVEN CHILDREN OF 81 LIME STREET, HULL. THE FAMILY ALSO LIVED AT 74 LIME STREET, HULL. SON OF A LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A COALMAN FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240035, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. CAPTURED AND DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY, ON 05/10/1918, AGED 35.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/06/1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH *, ON 26/06/1918, AND 30/04/1919.
HIS NAME WAS ALSO RECORDED ON THE ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL.
NOTE: PRIVATE, JOE COCKRILL, 242261, 1/5TH YORK & LANCS REGIMENT WAS KILLED IN ACTION, IN BELGIUM, ON 29TH APRIL 1918 AND LIVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS, 81, LIME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS). JOE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
