BORN WEETON, LEEDS 1885. SON OF LATE GEORGE COCKERLINE & LEAH (MALLETT), SUNK ISLAND, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 15616, 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/06/1916, AGED 31. BURIED ON THE SOMME. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”
NOTE COCKERLINE FAMILY AT 33 BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
15616
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/06/1916
Place died:
Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
31
, SUNK ISLAND, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
