Herbert COCKSHOTT

Main CPGW Record

Surname: COCKSHOTT

Forename(s): Herbert

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 25670

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 14th (Service) Battalion

Division: 22nd Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-09-14

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: DOIRAN MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Herbert Cockshott was the son of Henry and Sarah Ann Cockshott, née Hillary. Henry was born at Sutton-in-Craven and Sarah at Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire.

1881 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, George Street - Herbert Cockshott, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of Henry and Sarah Ann Cockshott.

1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, George Street - Herbert Cockshott, aged 11 years, born Skipton, son of Henry and Sarah Cockshott.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 8, George Street - Herbert Cockshott, aged 21 years, born Skipton, son of Henry Cockshott (married). [Henry and Sarah Ann were still living at this address in 1911.]

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 18, Victoria Street - Herbert Cockshott, aged 32 years, born Skipton-in-Craven. [Herbert, who was said to be married, was boarding with Reginald and Maria Greaves.]

The British Army Pension Record for Pte Herbert Cockshott, 16899, 6th (Service) Bn East Lancashire Regiment exists but may be incomplete. (Herbert attested on the 3 November 1914 and was discharged on medical grounds (defective vision) at Tidworth on the 19 December 1914.)

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Cockshott, 25670, L'pool R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Cockshott, 25670, 14th K.L.R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Cockshott, 25670, 14 Bn L'pool. Date and Place of Death: 14.9.16 on or since. D. pres'd Salonika. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Clerk to Guardians - Marmaduke R. Knowles. £9 12s. 11d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Herbert Cockshott, 25670, 14th Liverpool. Date and cause of death: 14.9.16. Missing. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Ada Emily Brown. Age 50. Relationship: Un-married wife. Address 1. 32, Mable Street, Colne, Manchester. Address 2. 2, Crowther Street, Nelson, Lancs. Address 3. 24, Houghton Street, Earlstown, Lancs. Address 4.10, Cemetery Hill, Dalton in Furness. Address 5. 12, McClintock Street, Barrow in Furness. Address 6. Monson Road, Redhill.

Herbert is commemorated on the Colne War Memorial.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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