In Memory Of

COOKSEY, JOSEPH ARNOLD

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1887-05-04
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 116th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
 Royal Garrison Artillery
Former Regiment:
 formerly Lieutenant South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
 1917-05-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. D. 22.
Cemetery:
 TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
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