Service Details
Name:
COCKCROFT
Given Name:
VINCENT VIVIAN VICTOR
Initials:
V V V
Service No:
9003
Rank:
Private
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Regiment:
South African Infantry
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Unit:
3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
1917-04-09
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Date of Birth:
1893-10-31
Age:
23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during first day of the Battle of Arras. The 3rd S.A.I. was on the right of the South African Infantry Brigade in the attack of Black Line and Blue Line (North of St Laurent-Blangy). The 3rd S.A.I. sustained 53 killed and 226 wounded
Additional
Information:
Eldest son of the late Charles William and Charlotte Ellen Cockcroft, of Bantjes Married Quarters, Florida, Transvaal. Commemoration stone in Maraisburg Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
France
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Locality:
Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Bay 10.

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