251346 Pte. Tom Cockram British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from:33 Fleece Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire Tom Cockram was my maternal grandfather, born on 12th of February 1887 in Garforth, near Leeds. He became a minor and he married Ada Riley in St. Peter's church in Bramley, Leeds, on 1st of May 1909.
They had a total of nine children, but the first three (Ethel, Elsie and James William) had died before Tom enlisted in the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment on 6th of February 1915. A fourth child, Hilda, was born a few weeks before Tom landed in Boulogne with the 10th Battalion on 13th of July 1915, she died in 2004 at the age of 89.
Tom served in France until 16th of March 1916 and was discharged from the army on 9th of January 1918 "being no longer physically fit for War Service".
Tom and Ada had a further five children (Jim, Margaret, Nancy, May and Ken) between 1920 and 1930, but Margaret died at the age of 20 months.
Tom died at the age of 44 in 1932 and Ada died in 1937 aged 48.
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