Wars Last Goodbyes
Individual Record

St John the Baptist Eastnor

Inscription

In thankfulness to God for the memory

Of Reginald Somers Cocks M.C.

Captain 7th Somerset Light Infantry

Who fell in action near Kemmel Hill

24th April 1918, aged 23 years

This window is dedicated

Greater love hath no man than this

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On stained glass window inside Eastnor Church, Herefordshire

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St John the Baptist Eastnor

Herefordshire

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Reginald

Somers-Cocks

24th July 1894

Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset

24th April 1918

Killed by a high explosive shell whilst seeking shelter for his men outside Ouderdom, Belgium

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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium

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First World War

Captain (Staff Captain)

7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry

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26th Infantry Brigade

Military Cross

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