Born: 1884, Yeadon
Died: 6 May 1917
Buried: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux
Address: 29 Ash Grove, Greengates
Parents: John & Ann
Spouse:
Siblings: Sophia, Laura, Annie, John, Samuel, Oliver, Alfred, Ben
Occupation: Shop assistant, grocer
Organisations/clubs: Greengates Wesleyan Sunday School
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Greengates
Children:
Regiment: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Edmund Cockshott
Pte Edmund Cockshott of 29 Ash Grove,
Greengates, a great grandson of the late, well-
known local preacher, John Preston of Yeadon, has
been killed in action in France.
He was 33 years of age and joined the 5th King’s
Shropshire Light Infantry in February 1916.
He was an old scholar of the Greengates Wesleyan
Sunday School with which church the family are
still connected.
Shipley Times & Express 25 May 1917
