Cocking, Alfred Wilkinson
Cocking – On Feb 29, 1944 at Barrow Gurney Naval Hospital, Surgeon Commander Alfred Wilkinson Cocking (Jimmy), Royal Navy, much loved husband of Mary Cocking (Jimmie) of 5 Athelstan Road, Chatham, aged 51 years. Funeral Twyning Parish Church, Tewkesbury, today (Friday), 12 o’clock. The Times 3 March 1944
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Cocking |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Alfred Wilkinson |
| Date of birth | 1892 |
| Place of birth | Plumpton Registration District |
| Family details | Son of John Alfred & Emily Ellen Cocking, husband of Mary Cocking of Sherborne St John, Hampshire. |
| Previous education | Mill Hill School |
| College | Guy's Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1910 - 1918 |
| Dept / course | London M.B. |
| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1918 |
| Military unit | Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 29 February 1944 |
| Age at death | 51 |
| Rank at death | Commander Surgeon |
| Place of death | Barrow Gurney Naval Hospital |
| Cause of death | Died |
| Burial place | Twyning (St Mary Magdalene) Church Yard |
| Commemoration(s) | Guy’ s War Memorial |
| Sources | Guy’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission |