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Sapper JOHN EDWIN COCKSHOOT

Service Number: 208315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1921

Buried or commemorated at

DARWEN CEMETERY

2. 225.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. Cockshoot, of 3A, Belgrave St., Darwen. Enlisted at the age of 18 in the East Lancashire Regt. Re-enlisted Sept., 1914. Served in France and Salonika.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

DARWEN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 100
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