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Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Echuca Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Victor Harbor South Australia [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Germansweek, Devon [2]

Glanville South Australia [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

South South Australia [2]

Tunbridge, Kent [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Ashton Under Lyne district [1]

Bacton, Norfolk [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Blackheath, Kent [1]

Bredbury, Cheshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bromley, Hampshire [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chewton Victoria [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Dunham, Cheshire [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gloucester England [1]

Hause [1]

Henley, Oxfordshire [1]

Hockley, Nottinghamshire [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [195]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [19]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Sapper [18]

Driver [17]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Gunner Gunner [10]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Army Schoolmaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Driver/Wheeler [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gunner Gunner Gunner [1]

Leading Aircraftsman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Engineers [31]

London Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Army Schoolmasters [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [336]

Royal Navy [53]

Australian Imperial Force [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [500]

S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [491]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Australia [1]

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Adelaide South Australia [5] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Echuca Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Victor Harbor South Australia [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Germansweek, Devon [2] Glanville South Australia [2] Margate, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] South South Australia [2] Tunbridge, Kent [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Ashton Under Lyne district [1] Bacton, Norfolk [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Blackheath, Kent [1] Bredbury, Cheshire [1] Bristol [1] Bromley, Hampshire [1] Bromley, London [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chewton Victoria [1] Clapham, London [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Colac Victoria [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Cornwall England [1] Dunham, Cheshire [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Fulham, London [1] Gloucester England [1] Hause [1] Henley, Oxfordshire [1] Hockley, Nottinghamshire [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [195] Serjeant [20] Gunner [19] Second Lieutenant [19] Sapper [18] Driver [17] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [12] Gunner Gunner [10] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Bombardier [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Army Schoolmaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Driver/Wheeler [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Gunner Gunner Gunner [1] Leading Aircraftsman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Engineers [31] London Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [28] Labour Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Army Schoolmasters [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [336] Royal Navy [53] Australian Imperial Force [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [500] S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [491] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Australia [1]

John Cocks

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217678

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James Cocks

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306295

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Charles Thomas Cocks

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102744

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William Henry Cocks

Born 1864

Died 1918

Royal Navy 111653/(CH) Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Pembroke

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John Cocks

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 120030 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 120030 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William John Cocks

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 28521 Private Devonshire Regiment 11th InfantryWorks Bn

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Harold Hornsby Cocks

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 391150 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 391150 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 3848 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifes) 9th Battalion

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Henry George Cocks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214346

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Albert Cocks

Born 1877

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 75 Private Canadian Engineers 75 Signal Coy.

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George Cocks

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 6281 Company Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edward Louis Cocks

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 519 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 519 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Sidney James Cocks

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17356

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John James Crofts Cocks

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Frank Alfred Cocks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229995

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Harry Cocks

Died 1917

British Army S/31983 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/31983 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Raymond Cocks

Australian Imperial Force

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William John Cocks

Australian Imperial Force 3082

Australian Imperial Force 7892

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Leonard Harvey Cocks

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187608

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Joseph Cocks

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 41551 Gunner Gunner Royal Field Artillery 45th Brigade

British Army 41551 Royal Field Artillery 45th Brigade

British Army 41551 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Geoffrey Leigh Cocks

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119551

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