First Curate in the ranks killed - Stowell
Oct 9, 2011 20:51:25 GMT
Post by shred on Oct 9, 2011 20:51:25 GMT
The attached article surmises that the Rev John Cocker, late curate of Stowell Memorial, is one of the first English clergymen serving in the ranks to be killed during the war.
Name: COCKER, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers
Unit Text: 24th Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/04/1916
Service No: 4602
Additional information: Son of William Pickup Cocker and Catherine Cocker, of 32, Longshaw Lane, Blackburn.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 17.
Cemetery: TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE
Birth Place: Blackburn
Residence: Manchester
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Manchester
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Name: COCKER, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers
Unit Text: 24th Bn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/04/1916
Service No: 4602
Additional information: Son of William Pickup Cocker and Catherine Cocker, of 32, Longshaw Lane, Blackburn.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 17.
Cemetery: TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE
Birth Place: Blackburn
Residence: Manchester
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Manchester
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
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