Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMonica Florence COCKRAM
Birth28 Dec 1918
Death25 Nov 1990, March, Cambridgeshire
Spouses
1Ronald George BROCKETT, 3C1R
Birth23 Sep 1915, Gillingham, Kent
Death1989, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
OccupationSoldier
FatherGeorge BROCKETT (1892-1975)
MotherEdith Helen CHITTENDEN (1891-1947)
Marriage1939
Notes for Monica Florence COCKRAM
In the November 1990 death index Monica Florence Brockett, born December 28 1918, died age 71, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, volume 9, page 1387
National Probate Calendar
Monica Florence Brockett of 3 Cherybolt Avenue March Cambridgeshire died 25 November 1990 Administration Brighton 16 January 1991 Not Exceeding £115 000
National Probate Calendar
Monica Florence Brockett of 3 Cherybolt Avenue March Cambridgeshire died 25 November 1990 Administration Brighton 16 January 1991 Not Exceeding £115 000
Notes for Ronald George (Spouse 1)
In the October to December 1915 birth index Ronald G. Brockett, mother’s maiden name Chittenden, Medway, Kent, volume 2a, page 1340
In the 1921 census 1 Chapel Street, Hither, Kent
Head George Brockett, age 28 years 11 months, married, born Maidstone, Kent. Soldier Company Sergeant-Major Instructor, School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent
Wife Edith Ellen Brockett, age 29 years 11 months, born Maidstone, Kent, home duties
Son Ronald George Brockett, age 5 years 9 months, born Gillingham, Kent, whole time at school
Daughter Eileen Joyce Brockett, age 2 years 7 months, born Manchester, Lancashire
Mother in Law Charlotte Lucy Chittenden, age 62 years 4 months, widow, born Hawkhurst, Kent, home duties
In the July to September 1939 marriage index Ronald G. Brockett and Maud F. Cockram, Dartford, Kent, volume 2a, page 3872
[It appears Maud should be Monica not Maud]
UK WWII Liberated Prisoner of War
Ronald George Brockett, Regimental Number 1868818, Sergeant
Decorations Palestine Medal
Army Unit 1st Field Squadron\Army Division 2nd Light Armoured
Born September 23 1915
Enlisted April 1 1930
Profession :Regular(Carpenter & Joiner), passed part, Charted Surveyors Institution March 43
Private Address 35 Lindsey Road, Dagenham, Essex
Captured St. Valery June 12 1940
Not wounded when captured
Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisioned
[Stalag] XXA Thorn, location Forts 17.B.12.11A, from 1940 to 1942
BAB 20, location Hydlebreck, March 1942 to June 1942
Stalag 383, location Hohenfels (Bavaria), 1942 to 1945
Were you in a working camo? Yes
Danzig from 1940 to 1941
Poland from 1940 to 1941, nature of work - Naverie
Did you suffer from any serious illnesses while a P/W
Nephritis, cause damp and lack of food, duration 10 weeks
Bronchitis 4 times, cause cold and damp, duration 3 weeks each case
Did you receive adequate medical treatment?
First year of nephritis no, later years yes
Interrogation after capture? Yes
At Stalag XXA Thorn by a German Colonel, method sociability
Escapes attempted - no
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material etc. Yes
Danzig (planing machine and sawing machine
Dated May 11 1945
Cambridgeshire Electoral Rolls 1960
36 Burrowmoor Road, Isle of Ely County
Monica F. Brockett
Ronald G. Brockett
Maud F. Cockram
[Maud Florence Cockram was Maud (Monica’s mother)
Cambridgeshire Electoral Rolls 1966
Redmoor, Knights End, Isle of Ely County
Monica F. Brockett
Ronald G. Brockett
In the December 1989 death index Ronald George Brockett, born September 23 1915, died age 74, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, volume 9, page 1544
From Family Tree at ancestry by Elizabeth Rose
Military
He went with his regiment to the British Expeditionary Force which was sent to Europe. He was captured in France at Dunkirk. He was captured by the Germans and he was made to walk from Dunkirk through Poland and into Germany. He was a German POW
In Germany he was a P.O.W. until the end of the war. When he was liberated by British troops. He had lost half his body weight because he had been starved. He refused to work so they beat him. He was in very poor condition.
When the war ended the guards left the prison and the men had to make their own way home. They passed a British Major who arranged transport for Ron and his regiment to get home. They thought he was would die because he was so malnourished.
In the 1921 census 1 Chapel Street, Hither, Kent
Head George Brockett, age 28 years 11 months, married, born Maidstone, Kent. Soldier Company Sergeant-Major Instructor, School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent
Wife Edith Ellen Brockett, age 29 years 11 months, born Maidstone, Kent, home duties
Son Ronald George Brockett, age 5 years 9 months, born Gillingham, Kent, whole time at school
Daughter Eileen Joyce Brockett, age 2 years 7 months, born Manchester, Lancashire
Mother in Law Charlotte Lucy Chittenden, age 62 years 4 months, widow, born Hawkhurst, Kent, home duties
In the July to September 1939 marriage index Ronald G. Brockett and Maud F. Cockram, Dartford, Kent, volume 2a, page 3872
[It appears Maud should be Monica not Maud]
UK WWII Liberated Prisoner of War
Ronald George Brockett, Regimental Number 1868818, Sergeant
Decorations Palestine Medal
Army Unit 1st Field Squadron\Army Division 2nd Light Armoured
Born September 23 1915
Enlisted April 1 1930
Profession :Regular(Carpenter & Joiner), passed part, Charted Surveyors Institution March 43
Private Address 35 Lindsey Road, Dagenham, Essex
Captured St. Valery June 12 1940
Not wounded when captured
Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisioned
[Stalag] XXA Thorn, location Forts 17.B.12.11A, from 1940 to 1942
BAB 20, location Hydlebreck, March 1942 to June 1942
Stalag 383, location Hohenfels (Bavaria), 1942 to 1945
Were you in a working camo? Yes
Danzig from 1940 to 1941
Poland from 1940 to 1941, nature of work - Naverie
Did you suffer from any serious illnesses while a P/W
Nephritis, cause damp and lack of food, duration 10 weeks
Bronchitis 4 times, cause cold and damp, duration 3 weeks each case
Did you receive adequate medical treatment?
First year of nephritis no, later years yes
Interrogation after capture? Yes
At Stalag XXA Thorn by a German Colonel, method sociability
Escapes attempted - no
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material etc. Yes
Danzig (planing machine and sawing machine
Dated May 11 1945
Cambridgeshire Electoral Rolls 1960
36 Burrowmoor Road, Isle of Ely County
Monica F. Brockett
Ronald G. Brockett
Maud F. Cockram
[Maud Florence Cockram was Maud (Monica’s mother)
Cambridgeshire Electoral Rolls 1966
Redmoor, Knights End, Isle of Ely County
Monica F. Brockett
Ronald G. Brockett
In the December 1989 death index Ronald George Brockett, born September 23 1915, died age 74, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, volume 9, page 1544
From Family Tree at ancestry by Elizabeth Rose
Military
He went with his regiment to the British Expeditionary Force which was sent to Europe. He was captured in France at Dunkirk. He was captured by the Germans and he was made to walk from Dunkirk through Poland and into Germany. He was a German POW
In Germany he was a P.O.W. until the end of the war. When he was liberated by British troops. He had lost half his body weight because he had been starved. He refused to work so they beat him. He was in very poor condition.
When the war ended the guards left the prison and the men had to make their own way home. They passed a British Major who arranged transport for Ron and his regiment to get home. They thought he was would die because he was so malnourished.