BORN SELBY 1897. SON OF ROBERT ALFRED STOCKER (1869-1941), AND SARAH STOCKER, OF 14 EGTON STREET, HULL HE WAS A CHAIN HORSE LAD AND CASUAL GOODS PORTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED IN INDIA, ON 16/12/1916, AGED 19. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/09/1916.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST MARKS MEMORIAL, WITH BROTHER, GUNNER, ALBERT STOCKER, RFA, KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 26/10/1916.
First name:
THOMAS COLE
Military Number:
20142
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
16/12/1916
Place died:
Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India
Age:
19
