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Pte. Frederick Cockbill
British Army 157th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Thurmaston, Leicester
Fred Cockbill is my paternal grandfather. He was a telegraphy boy living at 21 Prospect Hill, Leicester in 1911. He joined the Leicestershire RHA and fought in Egypt and Palestine.
Post war, he became a grocer and sub-postmaster in Thurmaston. I knew him well as we lived with my grandparents above the shop. He was a very kind and gentle man who served his community in WW2 as a Civilian Defence Volunteer and was also a local councillor into his early 80's. I have very fond memories of him.