See also

John Harry Cockerton (1919-1942)

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John Harry Cockerton

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 26 Jul 1919

  • Newmarket "Registration District", Suffolk, England1,2

  • Baptism:

  • 31 Aug 1924 (age 5)

  • St. Mary and the Holy Most Heaven Church, Church Lane, Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, England2

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  • son of Fred George Cockerton (horse keeper) and Rose Hannah Ellen of this parish, confirmed on 8th March 1933

  • Death:

  • 14 Feb 1942 (age 22)

  • Singapore3

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Kranji War Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Singapore3

  •  

  • serjeant 593914 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment

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). Newmarket 1919 quarter:3 volume:3b page:639. Cit. Date: 29 May 2022.

2.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cambridgeshire Baptisms Cheveley. Cit. Date: 29 May 2022.

3.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Kranji War cemetery 5p. Mem. 7. B. 16. Cit. Date: 29 May 2022.