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Sapper JOSEPH H. COCKING

Service Number: 154508
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd Special Coy.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Cocking, of Portreath; husband of Mrs. E. Pendray (formerly Cocking), of Tregea Terrace, Portreath, Redruth, Cornwall.
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Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 1162
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