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Serjeant Major SYDNEY ALFRED COCKAYNE

Service Number: 7013
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY

III. D. 46.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of W. H. and Hannah Cockayne, of Catherine de Barnes, Solihull, Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3233
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