History of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea
Owen Hanworth Cockrill, ARIBA
John and Deborah's second child, Owen, was born in 1882. After leaving Public School Owen followed the footsteps of his elder brother Ralph and was articled to his father in the Great Yarmouth Borough Surveyor's Office. Owen gained his ARIBA in 1906 and was accepted into the Institution of Municipal Engineers. Whilst at Great Yarmouth he oversaw the installation of the Great Yarmouth to Caister tramlines.
Owen Hanworth Cockrill
He joined the Armed Forces with the Territorials before the Great War (1914-1918) and was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers on completion of his training. He saw war service in France as Deputy Director of Roads for the North of France. He served with the Army of the Occupation until 1922.
Owen was married twice. First in Great Yarmouth in the summer of 1915 to a local woman, Beatrice Ann Bales, who died of consumption and influenza in 1918 in their third year of marriage. Then in 1920 at Bristol to a French woman, Adrienne Emma Coquide who born 6th November 1886, the daughter of a Frevent doctor. They had two children; John Gustave in 1922 and Jacqueline in 1925.
After leaving the Army with the rank of Colonel, Owen went to work for Bristol City Council. After his time at Bristol, Owen went into private practice as an architect in Southend where he remained for the rest of his life. He was a Councillor at Southend from 1930 until 1939 after which he served in the R.A.F. (Volunteer Reserve) during World War II (1939-1945). His personal interests were reading and the building and restoration of churches. Owen died near Rochford, Essex in 1959 and his widow Adrienne at Southend, Essex, in 1969.
