Army Service Corps Badge
William Cockrell. Died 11 November 1917
William Archer COCKRELL, 3rd child of Alfred Herbert Horatio Nelson COCKRELL and Elizabeth Gowan WALL, was born in January 1852 in St Bride, Fleet Street, England. William was baptized on the 7th March 1852 in St Bride, Fleet Street, London. In the 1861 census the family still resided in Fleet Street and William was aged aged nine.
William married Jane ASHTON in Eastbourne in the summer of 1884. Jane had lived in Poplar, London in 1881. Their daughter, Gladys Marion was born in APRIL 1887 in Canterbury, Kent.
From the 1891 census the family were living in Northgate, Kent and William, aged 39 was an Army Car Depot Quarter Sergeant Major. By 1901 the family were living in Lambeth, London and William was 49 years old. He was now the Superintendent of ‘Institution 8, the South Western Ambulance Station’ and employed by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. He was head of a household with 16 servants, all employed by the Institution. We have been unable to locate any of the family in the 1911 Census (including name variants).
William married Jane ASHTON in Eastbourne in the summer of 1884. Jane had lived in Poplar, London in 1881. Their daughter, Gladys Marion was born in APRIL 1887 in Canterbury, Kent.
From the 1891 census the family were living in Northgate, Kent and William, aged 39 was an Army Car Depot Quarter Sergeant Major. By 1901 the family were living in Lambeth, London and William was 49 years old. He was now the Superintendent of ‘Institution 8, the South Western Ambulance Station’ and employed by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. He was head of a household with 16 servants, all employed by the Institution. We have been unable to locate any of the family in the 1911 Census (including name variants).
Name: COCKRELL Initials: W A
Rank: Lieutenant (Adjutant)
Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps
Unit Text: Remount Depot
Date of Death: 11/11/1917
Grave/Memorial Reference: In south-east corner. Cemetery: WOKINGHAM (ST. PAUL) CHURCHYARD
‘Sirinhari’, Park Avenue, Wokingham.
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