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Private J E COCKROFT

Service Number: 20331
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOWERBY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

82, in North-West part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Emily Cockroft. Born at Sowerby.
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Buried or commemorated at

SOWERBY (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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