COCKER+H.

Cocker, Harry, Lance Corporal, 202101, 2nd/5th Bn, Notts & Derby Regiment Born Derby Enlisted Derby Killed in action France & Flanders 4th April 1917

CWGC: Aged 23 Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cocker, of 44, Erasmus Street, Derby Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, IV, A, 7

Harry Cocker was employed as a tinsmith's assistant in the Way and Works Department of the Midland Railway at Derby.

Derby Daily Express, 21st June 1916: Harry Cocker had served in Ireland during the Easter uprising in Dublin. Additionally, he had a brother serving in the Derbyshire R.F.A. and an uncle who was also 'in the firing line'.