Service Details
Name:
 COOKSEY
Given Name:
 JOSEPH ARNOLD
Initials:
 J A
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Garrison Artillery
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Unit:
 116th Siege Bty.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Lieutenant South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
 1917-05-01
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Date of Birth:
 1887-05-04
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of John Hudson Cooksey, Mining Engineer, of West Bromwich and Handsworth, and Phebe Cooksey, of New Vale, Balsall Common, Nr. Coventry. Born West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. A civil engineer. His brother Wilfred Maurice Cooksey also died in service. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
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Grave Reference:
 I. D. 22.

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