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Rank : Private

Army Number : 3048

Unit : 1/5th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Earl Shilton. Enlisted at Hinckley. Served with 1/5th Bn in World War One. Died in France and Flanders campaign 20.9.1915, aged 20. He is buried at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Further Info: Son of Robert and Ellen Stocker of Coronation Row Earl Shilton, but born at Knoll and Bassett House, Thurlaston. Siblings William, Cyril, Mary, George, Robert Bernard, Harriet, Agnes, Joseph. Attested 31/10/1914. Height 5' 5. BEF 28/7/1915. Died accidentally in training; inquest in the field reported that on a grenade course the fuse on his second grenade would not light. When the NCO replaced the fuse, it exploded in Pte Stocker's hand. He died within 10 minutes. Before the war, Pte Stocker was a quarryman with The Enderby and Stanton Granite Company.

CWGC:

Rank: Private
Service No: 3048
Date of Death: 20/09/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 20.
Cemetery: VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Jane Stocker, of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire.

Date of Birth : c 1896

Place of Birth : Thurlaston Leicestershire

Date of Death : 20.9.1915

Place of Death : Belgium

Civil Occupation : Quarryman

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders