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Private JAMES RICHARD COCKBURN

Service Number: 319204
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BOCAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

D. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cockburn, of 2, Robertson St., South Shields.
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BOCAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 62
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