Arthur Cockcroft
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| Full name | Arthur Clarence Cockcroft | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1892[1] Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, England[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 1916 (aged 24)[3] Somme, France | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2nd Lt. Arthur Clarence Cockeroft (1892 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at club level for Knottingley Welfare ARLFC (in Knottingley, Wakefield) and Wakefield Trinity, playing as a wing or centre. He signed for Wakefield Trinity on the same day as Jonty Parkin.[4]
Cockcroft was employed as a schoolteacher prior to World War I.[2] He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, while serving with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ^ a b 1911 England Census
- ^ a b "Casualty Details: Cockeroft, Arthur Clarence". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1901347289
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Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1916 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme
- English rugby league players
- King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from Kingston upon Hull
- Rugby league wingers
- Wakefield Trinity players
- Military personnel from Kingston upon Hull