Friend Cocker (c.1895-1918)

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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

COCKER, FRIEND.Driver. No L/25671. 'B' Battery, 168th (Huddersfield) Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Born 57 Kings Mill Lane, Huddersfield. Son of Mr and Mrs E. Cocker, 53 Armitage Street, Primrose Hill, Huddersfield. Employed as a woollen twister-in by Messrs John Kaye and Son, Kings Mill. Single. Enlisted 13.5.1915. Killed in action at La Vallee Mulatre, 23.10.1918. aged 23. Buried LA VALLEE MULATRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. Grave location:- Row A, Grave 13.
ROH:- St. Paul's Church, Southgate, Huddersfield; Almondbury War Memorial.

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