BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES COCKERLINE (1851-1918) AND SUSANNAH COCKERLINE. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. AN EX RECKITT’S WORKER AND OIL MILLER, BOARDING AT 11 NORNABELL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED THREE TIMES. FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS, FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/08/1914, AGED 26. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 128 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR. JOINED THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HOWEVER, DISCHARGED ON 05/11/1914, DUE TO DEFECTIVE TEETH.
HE RE-ENLISTED ON 10/05/1915 AND WAS MOBILIZED ON 02/07/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE, AS PRIVATE, 57231, THE 1/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 11/10/1918, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS LAST WIFE, EMMIE, AT 1, HARRY’S TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS).
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE VIS-EN ARTOIS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
