Education
Cockbill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Street John"s College, Oxford.
Cockbill was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Street John"s College, Oxford.
He was ordained in 1911 and began his career with curacies at Street John's, Bridgwater and Holy Trinity, Eltham. He held incumbencies at All Saints, Oakhill, Holy Trinity, Bath and Street John the Evangelist, Digswell. He was diocesan director of religious education for the Diocese of Street Albans from 1935 to 1948.
And a canon residentiary of its cathedral from 1942 to 1958.