Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book, Punjabis, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Col. Francis Cochran, 1st Hampshire Regt., who was Deputy Judge-Advocate under the late Lord St. Helier (then Sir Francis Jeune) during the South African war, by his wife, Amy Isabel Gray, eldest dau. of Abingdon Compton, Bombay Civil Service, and gdson. of Francis Cochran, of Balfour; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 March, 1882; educ. by private tutors and in Germany, where he was when the Boer war broke out. He joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. Leinster Regt. at Queenstown when only 17 in Feb. 1900, and, proceeding with it to South Africa, served on the lines of communications, being twice given responsible posts and a commission from Lord Roberts in the Worcester Regt., and the Queen's medal with three clasps. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Jan. 1901, and promoted Lieut. 21 Dec. following, and after being first attached to the 1st Hants Regt., was transferred in 1901 to the Indian Army. He joined the 72nd Punjabis in Burmah, became double company officer, 7 July, 1905, received his company 17 Nov. 1909, and served with them until Sept. 1914, when he was selected to proceed with the 92nd Punjabis on Active Service. They were sent to guard the canal at Ismailia, and Capt. Cochran was killed in action while leading his men at Tussum on the Suez Canal, 4 Feb. 1915. He was buried at Ismailia; _unm._ He was specially mentioned in Gen. Sir John Maxwell's Despatch of 16 Feb. 1915 [London Gazette, 21 June, 1916]. The officers of the 72nd Punjabis erected a mural tablet to his memory in St. Mary Bolton's Church, S.W., and the officers of the 92nd Punjabis put up a cross and stone on his grave at Ismailia. Capt. Cochran was a great traveller, having gone nearly all over the world during his leave, and an expert motorist; also he was a fine horseman. He several times filled the appointment of Station Staff Officer and Cantonment Magistrate in India with great credit. [Illustration: =Lionel Francis A. Cochran.=] =COCHRANE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 11101, 2nd Battn. Cameron Highlanders, _s._ of William Cochrane; _b._ South Shields, 21 April, 1889; educ. Drummond Street School, Edinburgh; was a Hairdresser; volunteered and enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, went to France in April, and died of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle 11 May, 1915. He _m._ 3 June, 1900, Catherine (2, Blackfriars St., Edinburgh), dau. of Owen Airlie, of 49, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, and had a son and three daus.: Francis, _b._ 24 May, 1906; Mary Jane, _b._ 8 April, 1901; Agnes, _b._ 10 Feb. 1910; and Maria, _b._ 3 May, 1911. =COCKAYNE, WALTER=, Officer's Cook, 3rd Class, L. 4215, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COCKBURN, CHARLES JAMES=, Lieut., 6th Jats L.I., Indian Army, yr. _s._ of the late Major Charles James Cockburn, Royal Warwickshire Regt., by his wife, Kate Alice (Bagshot, Surrey), dau. of the late John Waterer; _b._ Malta, 27 March, 1891; educ. Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3 Sept. 1910; was attd. to the Berkshire Regt. in India, and was transferred to the Indian Army, 29 Oct. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 3 Dec. 1912. He served in France with the Meerut Division, and afterwards in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action with General Aylmer's Relief Force, 7 Jan. 1916. Lieut. Cockburn was amongst the first to receive the Military Cross. He _m._ at Cobham, Kent, 16 July, 1915, Helen, dau. of Laman Herbert Evans; _s.p._ His elder brother, Lieut J. Cockburn, was killed in action, 25 April, 1915. [Illustration: =Charles James Cockburn.=] =COCKBURN, JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., elder _s._ of the late Major Charles James Cockburn, Royal Warwickshire Regt., by his wife, Kate Alice (Bagshot, Surrey), dau. of the late John Waterer, of Bagshot; _b._ Malta, 3 March, 1890; educ. Wellington College. On the outbreak of war volunteered as a Despatch Rider, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in his father's old regt. 3 March, 1915. He was killed while leading his men into action at St. Julien, near Ypres; _unm._ =COCKER, EDGAR CHARLES=, Private, No. 81163, 10th (late 32nd) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Edgar Charles Cocker, of Lintlaw, via Margo, Sask., Canada, Farmer and Stonemason, now Private, No. 887330, 188th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force (who served thirteen years with the 4th East Surrey Volunteers before leaving England), by his wife, Alice Jane, dau. of the late Charles Collier, of Homerton, London; _b._ Peckham, London, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Peckham Park School, S.E.; Beachville, Ontario; and Yorkton, Sask.; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; left Canada with the second contingent, 22 Feb. 1915; went to France, 27 April, and was killed in action in the front line trench at Festubert on the morning of 21 May, 1915, by the bursting of a shell; _unm._ He was buried behind the trench close to where the second line trench crosses the head of Willow Road, and a cross marks the spot. [Illustration: =Edgar Charles Cocker.=] =COCKMAN, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9045, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COCKRILL, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9255), S.S. 2208, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =COCKS, ALBERT=, Sapper, No. 75, 2nd Signal Coy. (Headquarters Section), Royal Canadian Engineers, 4th _s._ of James Cocks, of Bexley Heath, Kent, formerly of Chenies, Builder (who was seven years with the 36th (now 18th) Middlesex Regt.); _b._ Putney, co. Surrey, 12 Dec. 1876; educ. Chenies, Rickmansworth, Herts, and was a Decorator. He joined the R.E. in 1900, and was attached to the 57th Field Coy. at Chatham, and won the Education (2nd class) Certificate, but after serving three years retired through ill-health. In 1910 went to Ottawa, Canada. There he joined the Governor-General's Foot Guards, but afterwards transferred to the Canadian Engineers, and was attached to the 3rd Field Coy. When the European War broke out in Aug. 1914, he immediately volunteered for service overseas and joined the 2nd Divisional Signal Royal Canadian Engineers, and obtained the Army Signalling Certificate. He left for England with the second contingent in May, 1915, and was stationed at Shorncliffe till Sept. They were ordered to proceed to France on 8 Sept., and on the 4th of the month he was given leave to wish his relatives in London good-bye. At 8.30 p.m. the same day he was knocked down by a motor car at the corner of Parliament Street, Westminster, receiving a fractured skull and internal injuries. He was taken to Westminster Hospital, where he died after three operations, 21 Sept. 1915. He was buried at Kensal Green in the Canadian Government part. His commanding officer wrote: "His work with me was of the very best. He had proved a very valuable man, the like of whom our Empire could not afford to lose." He _m._ at Christ Church, Ottawa, 3 June, 191 |