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Pte Leonard Percival Cockram
British Army 2nd Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Fulham
Leonard Cockram's actual surname is Cockram but his Service Register shows incorrect spelling as Cochran.
His Military Service commenced 3rd of November 1937. He served with the BEF and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. He transferred to the Parachute Regiment on the 19th of April 1941, then transferred to 2nd East Surrey Regiment sent to Singapore. He is listed on Casualty List as Missing on 15th of February 1942 then on an Amended Causalty List as a Prisoner of War. He returned to the UK in September 1945.