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Hull, Yorkshire [3]

New Norfolk Tasmania [3]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Scarborough [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

1888 [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Coventry [1]

Cranbourne Victoria [1]

Filey, Yorkshire [1]

Fylingdale, Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Gerringong New South Wales [1]

Grimsby, Lancashire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Haslingden, Lancashire [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hyde, Central Otago [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire, England [1]

Leamington Hastings [1]

Litlington, Cambridgeshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Longford, Warwickshire [1]

Lubenham, Leics [1]

Middlesbrough England [1]

Mono township [1]

Northallerton Yorkshire England [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Pimpama Queensland [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Walton, Yorkshire [1]

rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [214]

Driver [23]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [14]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [10]

Gunner Gunner [7]

Serjeant [7]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Gunner Gunner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Wagoner [1]

Wheeler/Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [319]

Royal Navy [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

C [395]

Contribution

Military Service [384]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [395] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire [3] New Norfolk Tasmania [3] Collingwood Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Scarborough [2] South Shields, Durham [2] 1888 [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Coventry [1] Cranbourne Victoria [1] Filey, Yorkshire [1] Fylingdale, Whitby, Yorkshire [1] Gerringong New South Wales [1] Grimsby, Lancashire [1] Hackney, London [1] Haslingden, Lancashire [1] Highbury, London [1] Hyde, Central Otago [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire, England [1] Leamington Hastings [1] Litlington, Cambridgeshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Longford, Warwickshire [1] Lubenham, Leics [1] Middlesbrough England [1] Mono township [1] Northallerton Yorkshire England [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Pimpama Queensland [1] Poplar, London [1] Poplar, Middlesex [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Walton, Yorkshire [1] rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [214] Driver [23] Gunner [18] Corporal [14] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [10] Gunner Gunner [7] Serjeant [7] Captain [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Gunner Gunner [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Mechanic [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Wagoner [1] Wheeler/Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [33] Royal Engineers [25] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [319] Royal Navy [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Australian Imperial Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

C [395]

Contribution

Military Service [384] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

George Robert Cockerill

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129459

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Ethelbert Adolphus Cockerill

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army G/6731 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/6731 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Thomas Geldard Cockerill

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 53617 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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William George Cockerill

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3265 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Henry Cockerill

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2820 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 164493 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 164493 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas E Cockerill

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 33009 Private East Surrey Regiment

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George Cockerill

Died 1915

British Army 4581 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4581 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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John Cockerill

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42603

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Edgar Robert Cockerill

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207260

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Wilfred Cockerill

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 50963 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Cockerill

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 11657 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 11657 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frederick William Cockerill

Died 1918

British Army 38903 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Cockerill

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3265 Private Cameron Highlanders

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George Cockerill

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 35982 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Cockerill

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 8631 Corporal Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8631 Serjeant Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8631 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred John Cockerill

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 65205 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 65205 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Arthur Cockerill

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5940 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5940 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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John Cockerill

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 545

Canadian Expeditionary Force 545 Sergeant Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Fred Cockerill

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 27269 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William James Cockerill

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 11718 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 241847 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11718 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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