| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment. 13/5/40 transferred to CMP. 12/9/41 Died. He was born and resided in Leeds. Named Cockerhan in CWGC Roll. 203 Pro Coy Unit War Diary WO 169/2558: 12/9/41 4533093 L/Cpl Cockerham killed in traffic accident during air raid. Casualty List 624, Egypt, died result of accident, 12/9/1941.
Clifford Cockerham.
Extract from Yorkshire Evening Post, 18/9/41.
YORKSHIRE CASUALTIES. A Leeds man killed in a traffic accident in the Middle East is Lance Corporal Clifford Cockerham (28) of the Corps of Military Police, husband of Mrs Irene Cockerham, 11 Bertie Street. Before joining the Army in May last year he was a cutter at Burtons Ltd and was on the committee of the firm's swimming club. He left two children. |
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