BORN HULL 1887. SON OF ALBERT CORDOCK (1843-1915) AND SARAH UPTON (1852-1931), OF 40 BLAKE STREET, BRUNSWICK AVENUE, HULL. A FORMER LOADER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HIS MARRIED AT ST MATTHEW’S CHURCH, HULL, ON 12/05/1913. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE LUCY (WEBSTER) & SON, ERNEST, LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS & 5 PRETORIA STREET, OFF HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 21/12/1914, AGED 27 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 152 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, AND “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL, ON 05/05/1916. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, DURING A BOMBING RAID, ON 28/06/1918, AGED 29. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 18TH SEPTEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS BURIED AT SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.3, PUISIEUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
His name is listed on the Holmes Street, Roll of Honour, (Hull Daily Mail 29 December 1916).
