The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L G Cocks

Photograph by "Len"

Private Leonard George COCKS, G/30891, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly G/57576, Middlesex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, 24th April 1918.

19th April 1899, born Mile End, London, son of Thomas & Annie Rebecca Cocks.

14th May 1899, Holy Trinity, Mile End Old Town, Tower Hamlets, baptism of Leonard George Cocks, son of Thomas (hairdresser) & Annie Rebecca Cocks, 188 Bow Common Lane, Burdett Road, London, E

1911 Census - 188 Bow Common Lane, Burdett Road, London, E - Thomas Cocks, head, age 41, married, hair dresser, own account, born Bethnal Green, London; Annie Rebecca Cocks, wife, age 40, married 18 years, 10 children, 6 still alive, ladies neck wear, haberdashery store, born Stepney, London; Annie Amelia Cocks, daughter, age 17, single, ladies neck wear, haberdashery store, born Stepney, London; Leonard George Cocks, son, age 11, school, born Stepney, London; Edith May Cocks, daughter, age 10, school, born Stepney, London; Alfred John Cocks, son, age 8, school, born Stepney, London; Albert Frederick Cocks, son, age 7, school, born Stepney, London; Winifred Grace Cocks, daughter, age 4, school, born Stepney, London.

Enlisted Stratford, Essex.

Buried at Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, Sp. Mem. 2., Somme, France.

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