BORN CHESHIRE 1893. SON OF JAMES BARNBY HOCKNEY (1866-1905) & CLARA MOXON (1871-1900), OF 9 LILY GROVE, REGENT STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE ANNIE HOCKNEY LIVED AT 9 ADA’S AVENUE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A WOOD SAWYER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL IN 1915. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, 85112, 36TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/09/1918, AGED 35. HIS COMMANDING OFFICER, DESCRIBED HIM AS “A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION AND LIKED AND RESPECTED BY ALL HIS COMRADES.” HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 9TH OCTOBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS BURIED AT PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST”.
First name:
FREDERICK
Military Number:
85112
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/09/1918
Place died:
Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France
Age:
25
9 ADA'S AVENUE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
