1914-15 Star (19780 Pte. T. Powell, Yorks. L.I.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (2) (Walter S. Clegg; Robert Bridge); Victory Medal 1914-19 (6) (160169 Spr. J. Alford, R.E.; 201871 Pte. G. H. Bradshaw, Y.& L. R.; 28852 Pte. J. Cockwill, D. of Corn. L.I.; 1901 Pte. J. J. Davis, West & Cumb. Y.; 14105 Pte. A. L. V. Heath, Dorset R.; G-39112 Pte. R. B. Robson, Midd’x. R.) generally good very fine (9) £60-80

James Cockwill was born in Lew Trenchard, Devon and living in Lew Down, enlisted at Barnstaple. Initially Private 2432 in the Royal North Devon Hussars, then serving with the 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he was killed in action on 21 November 1917. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.