COCKS, John Sidney

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 114915
Born: 
Saturday, June 13, 1925
Birthplace: 
Peckham, London
Died : 
Tuesday, January 23, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
19
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Corporal John Cocks, 'E' Troop, died during operations at Maasbracht and Brachterbeek when his Troop were ordered to attack and obtain a bridgehead on the Montforterbeek Dyke. Son of Sidney Harold and Ada Beatrice Cocks, of Peckham, London.
 
Sources
CWGC.
The Story of 45RM Commando (published for Veterans in 1946).
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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