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Oliver Charles William Cocks (1896-1916)

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Oliver Charles William Cocks

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 22 Apr 1896

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England1,2,3,4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • 189 Sherrard Road, East Ham, Essex, England2

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  • son living with his parents Charles and Maria, sister Enid, and a cousin Charlotte Hitte. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • 29 Betchworth Road, Seven Kings, Essex, England3

  •  

  • son attending the County High School and living in five rooms with his mother Maria, sister Enid, and cousin Dorothy Hiett. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Military Service:

  • frm 31 May 1915 to 31 May 1916 (age 19-20)

  • Royal Navy4

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  • he was 5' 5" tall, with a chest of 36", black hair, brown eyes and a sallow complexion. He had scars on his left knee and foot and was born in Tollesbury Essex on 22nd April1896

  • Death:

  • 31 May 1916 (age 20)

  • HMS Indefatigable, Battle of Jutland, North Sea, Denmark5

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  • Cause: in action

    a battlecruiser of which only three of a crew of 1,019 survived. The first ship to sink in the battle

  • War Memorial:

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  • Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Clarence Esplande, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England5

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  • Royal Navy wireman 2nd class no:M/13652 serving on HMS Indefatigable died 31st May 1916 aged 20. Son of Charles William and M Cocks of 14 Sandringham Road Golder's Green London

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1896 quarter:2 volume:4a page:592. Cit. Date: 31 July 2023.

2.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1595 folio:148 page:40 schedule:281. Cit. Date: 30 July 2023.

3.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9876 class:RG78 piece:521A registration district:191 sub-district:2 enumeration district:27 schedule:243. Cit. Date: 30 July 2023.

4.

FindMyPast British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). no:M13652. Cit. Date: 31 July 2023.

5.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Portsmouth Naval Memorial 20. Cit. Date: 31 July 2023.