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Second Lieutenant Kenneth Barsano (Bassano) COOKSEY,  3rd Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (and Royal Flying Corps ),  killed in action,  at Souchez, Pas de Calais, France, 8th April 1917, age 21.

Born 1896, Old Hill, Stafford, England, 

Son of Thomas and Annie E. Cooksey, of Blackdowns, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Born at Old Hill, Staffordshire.

Commemorated at  Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, XV. H. 21., Souchez, Pas de Calais, France.

London Gazette 28th December 1915.

The under mentioned to be Second Lieutenants (on probation). Dated 28th December, 1915. Kenneth Bassano Cooksey (from Inns of Court Officers Training Corps), Royal West Kent Regiment.