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Private JAMES WILLIAM EDWARD COCKS

Service Number: 4984535
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

IV. E. 14.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. C. Cocks; husband of Gladys Cocks, of Sneinton Dale, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY A TREASURE NO ONE CAN STEAL DEATH A HEARTBREAK NO ONE CAN HEAL
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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