Cockrill, Joe

BORN HULL, 1882. FOURTH SON OF 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 LIVED IN HULL, BUT ENLISTED NEWCASTLE. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 32/617, 32ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH YORK & LANCS REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/04/1918, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.

HIS BROTHER, WALTER, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 30696, WITH THE LABOUR CORPS DURING WW1.


First name:
JOE
Military Number:
242261
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
36
81, LIME STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK