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Saint Ives, Cornwall [5]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

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Barrow Haven, Lincolnshire [1]

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Corporal [16]

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Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Bombardier [5]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Gunner Gunner [4]

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Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

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Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

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Captain [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

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Sister [1]

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Trooper [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [23]

Labour Corps [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Church Army [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

180th Trench Mortar Battery [1]

4th King's African Rifles [1]

7th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Area Employment Company Labour Corps [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [198]

Royal Navy [24]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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Military Service [260]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [3]

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United Kingdom [10]

Jamaica [1]

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People [268] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Saint Ives, Cornwall [5] Ballarat Victoria [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Clunes Victoria [2] Alford England [1] Barrow Haven, Lincolnshire [1] Barrow Haven, Lincs [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Charlton Victoria [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Childers Queensland [1] Coburg Victoria [1] Cornwall, England [1] Faringdon, Berkshire [1] Gainsborough England [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Goole [1] Hook, Goole [1] Horsforth, Yorkshire [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Hoyle, Sussex, England [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Hull [1] Hulme, Warrington, Lancashire [1] Millswood South Australia [1] Nhill Victoria [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Polperro, Cornwall [1] St ives, Cornwall [1] Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Wadsley Bridge, Penistone, Yorkshire [1] Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [120] Corporal [16] Serjeant [16] Driver [11] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [6] Bombardier [5] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Gunner Gunner [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [23] Labour Corps [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] London Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Church Army [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 180th Trench Mortar Battery [1] 4th King's African Rifles [1] 7th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Area Employment Company Labour Corps [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [198] Royal Navy [24] Australian Imperial Force [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [267]

Contribution

Military Service [260] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Jamaica [1]

George B Cocking

British Army L/24359 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Cocking

British Army Church Army

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Peter V Cocking

British Army 13796 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Harry Cocking

British Army 14067 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 14067 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Cocking

British Army 155154 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Cocking

British Army 165895 Private Durham Light Infantry labour corps 298th Battalion

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William J Cocking

British Army 4505 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 592125 Private 180th Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 614843 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

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Margaret Maria Or Marie Cocking, A.r.r.c.

Born 1884

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Military Isolation Hospital, Aldershot

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