exhibition against Jimmy Wilde a few years later. In his later years he was resident at 1, Paradise Lane in Leicester, and worked as a shoe scourer. Cocksedge was walking to a whist drive in Leicester on 25 January 1928, when he was knocked down and killed by an RAF car. He was 43. References External links 1884 births 1928 deaths Boxers from Leicester English male boxers Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Road incident deaths in England