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Serjeant ROBERT COCKERELL

Service Number: 5/15731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. H. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Margaret Cockerell, of Edinburgh; husband of Elizabeth Cockerell, of 306, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription SWEETEST MEMORIES OF YOU DEAR HUSBAND FROM MY MIND WILL NEVER FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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