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Pte. Albert Henry Cook
British Army 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Rhondda
(d.16th Sep 1914)
Albert Cook was born c 1887 in Stratton near Swindon. He was the husband of Margaret Annie Cook, of Westcott House, Miskin Square, Trealow (Rhondda), Glamorgan and the father of Ivy (1911) and Reggie (1912). In the 1911 census he was newly married and a colliery stoker living at Ruabon House, New Road, Garnant, Carmarthenshire.
He attested in Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) - 62nd & 99th Foot in 1903 at the age of 17. His final resting place is unknown but he is listed on the Memorial at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre in France.
DH. Alfred Thomas Cook
Royal Naval Reserve
from:Lowestoft.
(d.29th March 1917)
Alfred Cook is a casualty named on St.Margaret's Church WW1 Memorial. One of 373 names. He was the son of Joseph and Sabina Cook of 16 Waqveney Terrace, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. He died at age 18
Pte. Arthur George Cook
British Army 1/4th Battalion, A Company. Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Haywards Heath, Sussex
(d.23rd Sept 1915)
Arthur George Cook was a casualty of the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey during World War 1 as a member of the 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, 53rd Welsh Division. He jad joined the Territorial Force (T.F.) in 1910 in his home town of Hayward's Heath in Sussex and died in an army hospital in Egypt in 1915 from a stomach wound obtained while fighting for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces in Turkey. He is buried at the Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery.
Pte. Augustus Charles Cook
2nd Battalion
from:Bromley
(d.10th Jul 1917)
I have been researching my family history and it would appear my great-grandfather was Augustus Charles Cook who was a private with the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and that he was in the 2nd battalion. I understand he died on 10th of July 1917 aged 41 leaving a wife and young son behind to my knowledge his theatre of war was the Mesopotamian Expedtionary Force and he is buried in the Basra War Cemetery.
Pte. Augustus Charles Cook
British Army 2nd Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Bromley,Kent
(d.10th Jun 1917)
I understand my great grandfather, Augustus Cook, died age 41 and is commemorated at the Basra war cemetery but I have little information regarding him.
Cpl. Charles Cook 315219
British Army 32nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment
Pte. Donald George Cook
British Army D Coy. 2nd Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Long Eaton
(d.9th Jul 1918)
Donald Cook is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium. He was the second child of Edgar Lowe Cook and Mary Ann Barnett. He enlisted on 2nd of November 19142nd at the age of 16. He joined D Coy of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) In 1911 he was living at 9 Friar Street, Long Eaton, and at that time was a butcher's errand boy. By the time his death in action was recorded, his parents had moved to 24 Upper Wellington Street.
Pte. E. Cook
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Edmund David Cook
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire
(d.6th Apr 1916)
Bmbdr. Edwin Cook
British Army D Bty. 103rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Burraton, Near Saltash, Cornwall
(d.15th Jun 1918)
Edwin Cook was raised within sight of the River Tamar, in the rolling farmland of southeast Cornwall. One of five children, he sang in the local Methodist chapel choir at Burraton, a small village close to Saltash. He was married to Linda (known as Lin), and the couple had one son.
Having served on the Western Front, Edwin and his comrades endured an exhausting march south, across the Alps, and onto the Asiago Plateau in northern Italy. He was killed at the second Battle of the Piave River, part of a small British contingent supporting Italian forces in their decisive defeat of the Austro-Hungarians. Edwin lies buried amidst the pine forests in the tiny British military cemetery at Granezza.
Pte. Ernest Cook
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regimen
(d.27th October 1917)
Ernest Cook died on a "quiet day" in the dying embers of the Battle of Paschenndale. Memorialized at Tyne Cot but still remembered by his sisters family and his 90 year old nephew.
Sjt. Frank Cook
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Brightlingsea
Pte. Frank Cook
British army 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.9th Aug. 1916)
Frank Cook died at the battle of Delville Wood on the Somme. It was called Devil's Wood by the Tommies for obvious reasons. His body was never recovered.
Sgt. Frank Cook
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Brightlingsea
Frank Cook was my father, I know he served in WW1 in the Royal Engineers. As far as I know he was on barges in Northern France, but I know little else. He died in 1973.
Pte. Frank Harold Cook
British Army 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Painswick, Glos.
Fortunately, the military pension record of Frank Cook survived the Blitz of World War Two. It is possible to put together a reasonably detailed account of his brief military career and experiences with the Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War.
Frank Cook was born at Cranham and enlisted at Shire Hall, Gloucester on 31st of August 1914. He was 20 years old and employed as a labourer. He was posted to 7th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 5th September. 7th Gloucesters were raised in August 1914 and mostly recruited and trained in south-west England, forming part of 39th Brigade, 13th Division. Ordered to the Dardanelles, 7th Battalion, including Frank Cook, left England on 19th June 1915, and landed at Gallipoli on 11th July. Three men were wounded by sniper fire the following day. They marched to Naval Divisional Headquarters the following day, then to Geoghan's Bluff on the 15th. Another man was slightly wounded on 17th July.
The battalion was in line on the Helles front on 18th July. One man was wounded that night at Gully Ravine in the firing trenches. Four more were wounded on the 19th and another four on the 20th July. On 22nd July they were back at Geoghan's Bluff, suffering another three wounded. Another man was wounded on the 23rd, five on the 24th and two on the 24th. On 28th July they moved down to Gully Beach and embarked for Mudros, landing there the next day. They were at Lemnos on 1st August, and sailed from there to Anzac Cove on the 3rd. Together with the rest of 13th Division, 7th Battalion had landed at Anzac Cove to reinforce the Australians and New Zealanders. The battalion went into action on 8th August along the Rhododendron Spur to Chunuk Bair from which they were driven despite strong resistance by overwhelming Turkish fire with every single officer and senior non-commissioned officer being either killed or wounded and only one hundred and eighty men out of a starting strength of over a thousand being unwounded.
At the end of August 1915 the Battalion was withdrawn from the line, and the was brought back up to strength. Typically, when taking its turn in the front line, 7th Gloucesters were continually subject to sniper and shell fire, resulting in a steady trickle of casualties. In September, 7th Gloucesters were manning the trenches at Salt Lake Lines and on 4th September 1915, Frank Cook was taken ill with dysentery, sand sent to No. 14 Casualty Clearing Station at Gallipoli. On 10th September he was sent to St George's Hospital, Malta to continue his treatment, and invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Dunluce Castle on 13th October. On 19th October he was back at the Regimental Depot at Horfield Barracks, Bristol and, after having undergone treatment at Bristol, was found unfit for further military service on 29th December 1915 and discharged from the army. His dysentery had cleared up, but he was found to have a heart condition, which was adjudged to have been caused by the rigours of military service and awarded a pension. He was medically examined every six months after that, the level of his pension being adjusted according to how well or otherwise he was found to be.
Frank Cook was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Allied Victory medal.
W Telegraphist Frank Cook
Royal Navy HMS Stonecrop
from:33 Sydney Street Boston
(d.18th Sept 1917)
Pte. Fred Cook
British Army 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
from:Sabden, Lancashire
(d.19th Sep 1914)
Fred Cook joined up at Burnley, on the 21st of November 1910, age 20 years 9 months. He was born in New Mills, Derbyshire and the family moved to Sabden. His father Samuel Cook was calico printing foreman in the cotton mill. His father moved to Brazil to find work when the factory burned down.
Fred was at the Guards Depot at Caterham and was mobilised in London on 7th of August 1914, he was posted to France on the same date. He died of wounds on 19th of September 1914. He was buried in Troyon Churchyard, the grave marked with a wooden cross. His remains were later removed to the Vendresse British Cemetery nearby. His father was advised in Brazil of his death.
Pte. George Arthur Cook
1st Btn.
from:Ipswich
I am now 80years of age and before I pass on I would like to find out more about my dear father, George Cook to pass on to further generations. I, like so many other young men was only interested in chasing young girls and not taking all that much interest in my fathers war. Just lately I have found out that he must have been in the thick of battles having been into hospital at Etaples in 1917 for a gunshot wound and then into Rouen hospital 9th August 1918 for results of a gas shell. He apparently served 4years and 303 days with the 1st Btn, Cambridge Regiment and then the 7th Btn Suffolk Regiment, so must have seen a vast amount of fighting. I would love to know in what battles he must have fought and any other aspects of his war.
He had great courage and joined the AFS in Ipswich during WW11, going to the dock area where he came home with a live, perfect condition incendiary bomb which I de-fused and used the contents to make fireworks. I kept this bomb on display in my hall until about four years ago when I presented it to the Ipswich museum and I only hope it has been saved and not destroyed.
L/Cpl. Harry Cook
British Army 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Garstang, Lancashire
(d.4th November 1918)
Sjt. Henry Cook
British Army 12th Btn. (Teesside Pioneers) Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
from:Middlesbrough, Yorks
(d.9th Jan 1917)
Pte. Herbert Cook
British Army 12th Battalion, D Coy. London Regiment
from:77 Shrewsbury Road, Willesden
(d.9th Apr 1917)
Herbert Cook, son of Robert and Annie Cook was born on the 17th August 1892. He married Ada Mabel Kent on the 30th December 1916. Herbert died on the 9th of April 1917 at Battle of Arras. He is buried in London Cememtery, Neuville Vitasse. I can not find his service record but would love to find out more about him and about the 12th Battalion, London Regiment he served with.
Pte. Horace William Cook
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Humphrey Welsh Cook
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Burnmoor, Fence Houses, Durham
(d.9th Apr 1918)
Cook, Humphrey, Welsh. Private, 19/172, Died of Wounds on 9th April 1918. Aged 28 years. A member of "W" Coy. He is Buried in Varennes Military Cemetery. Son of Robert and the late Elizabeth Cook, of Burnmoor, Fence Houses, Durham.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. J. A Cook
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Penshaw
J A Cook was discharged in 1917 afetr being wounded
Capt. Jack Valentine Cook MC.
British Army 11th Btn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
(d.1st Oct 1918)
Published in The Mercury Newspaper, Sat 11th March 1916
Intimation has been cabled from Lance-Corporal Jack V. Cook, an old Officer College boy, and son of the late Superintendent J.V. Cook, saying that he had passed a successful examination and been appointed to Lieutenancy in the Royal West Surrey Regiment, generally known as the "Queen's Own" Lieutenant Cook is at present in residence at Keble College, Oxford.
Published in The Mercury Newspaper, Sat 21st Dec 1918
Killed in action on October 1st, 1918 in France. Captain Jack Valentine Cook M.C, only son of the late Superintendent J.V. Cook, in his 26th year. (T)
Pte. James Cook
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
from:Falkirk
(d.21st Feb 1915)
James Cook, Private 3306, was 19 years old when he was killed. He was the son of James and Janet Cook of Falkirk and is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
L/Cpl. James Edwin Cook
British Army 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.30th May 1918)
Pte. James Cook
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bebside
(d.1st July 1916)
L/Cpl. John Cook
British Army 9th Btn. Yorks & Lancs Regt
from:Trimdon, Co.Durham.
(d.30th Sep 1918)
My great-uncle, Jack Cook, had volunteered in the early days of the war and by summer 1916 was in the 9th battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment. On Midsummer’s Day 1916 the great artillery bombardment opened on The Somme. In theory the German front line was to be so pulverised that the British troops, whom Haig seems to have considered incapable of little more than obeying simple instructions, could walk across and occupy the enemies positions.
On the night of 29-30 June 1916, Jack's battalion moved forward to their assembly position. They had to wait over a day, but then July 1st dawned fine but misty, and at 6.25 the final bombardment began. At 7.30 all along the line of 15 divisions men went over the top, each carrying 66lb of kit, and expecting little if any resistance. In reality, as John Keegan in 'The Face of Battle' so elegantly shows, there was a race on for the top of the German front lines. Whoever arrived first had won: the loser would face annihilation. The awful reality was that that the Germans had largely survived the bombardment and were able to bring their machine guns to bear upon the advancing infantry struggling with the barbed wire that had also defeated everything the artillery could throw against it.
Unusually the wire in front of the 70th Brigade was completely cut and the first and second German lines on Thiepval Ridge were captured, with some troops even reaching the third line. Meanwhile the 9th York and Lancaster’s were coming up in support. By then the German barrage was intense: one of the four companies losing 50% of its men before it left its assembly position. Ahead and to both left and right was severe machine-gun fire but the first wave gained the German line. By 10 am. all communication between British lines and the brigade headquarters had ceased since every telephone wire was cut and it was impossible to stand-up in no-man’s-land.
During the night they were relieved. Out of 25 officers and 736 other ranks of the 9th York and Lancs who went into action, 22 officers and 556 men were casualties in the bloodiest day the British Army has ever known, with 31 581 killed, wounded or missing. Behind them was the sound of countless men lying out in no-man’s-land, described by one survivor like 'enormous wet fingers screeching across an enormous pane of glass'. Some of the wounded screamed, some muttered, some wept with fear, some called for help, other shouted in delirium or groaned in pain. Their Brigade Commander wrote, 'I cannot speak too highly of the gallantry and determination of officers and men. Artillery could not stop them, but with nothing on their flanks save German machine guns, with the support exhausted and German reinforcements coming up, they fought for over six hours in positions won by them from the enemy, until they died'.
My grandfather was also to take part in the Somme with his regiment, the Northumberland Fusiliers, a little later. In his own words, 'at daybreak, 14th July the barrage of constant very heavy shell fire lifted and our men went over to take the village of Bazentin-le-Petit from the occupying Germans. The stretcher bearers follow and we left at intervals of one minute, knowing that our journey would not be in vain. Before my particular stretcher had reached the village we saw Number One coming back but with only two men carrying. The third man had been hit in both legs and the fourth shot though the throat (a particularly disturbing event for the company for this man had had a clear premonition of his own death, apparently so unusual that my grandfather clearly remembered it 50 years later).
'The village was now the centre of a bitter battle which was often hand-to-hand with the Germans putting up stiff resistance. Pratt (a chum since he joined up in early 1915) was going forward with his section when they were held up. He could not be dissuaded from going forward alone to clear a house which had already cost us dear when he was killed outright.
'By mid morning the scene at the dressing station was pitiable in the extreme with Captain Glyn (the M.O.) and Corporal Burns (his dresser) working without a moments relaxation as we brought in a stream of wounded. There were no priorities here as they lay where we put them (outside) in their dozens to wait their turn. Those who were known to have no possible chance of recovery had to be put into a nearby dugout to wait a merciful death. Captain Mellish VC,(the Chaplain) gave them the comfort only such a man as he could.
Walking wounded went straight off under their own strength to reach some aid in the back area, but many must have died on the way for the whole area was shell ridden. The gun crews worked ceaselessly loading and firing, paying no regard to the hail of shells seeking them out and bursting all around. The horse-driven ammunition columns rode up at full gallop, discharging their loads and turning about to bring still more from the rear.
'There was no time for panic. Carrying one man shoulder high we heard a large shell coming very close indeed. I actually saw it plunge into the ground almost at my feet and burst. We walked on out of the black cloud of smoke, hurling earth and metal unscathed...
He then described how their sergeant, a hard-bitten pre-War veteran, had been reduced to tears to have to bring out a very badly wounded lad of sixteen who started crying for his mother.
'To add to our emotional worries we noticed a tall figure running around in circles alone and in a very exposed place. I ran over to him; he was dazed but knew me. "Cooky, where are the others. They can't go on like this, its sheer hell and we'll never get them back again. Poor Tim (the man shot through the throat), he knew all the time what was going to happen by his dream and went in like the man he was.... He got to his feet and I walked him back to the dressing station. He left for hospital and it was not for some weeks that he overcame his shell-shock.
'Withdrawal on the 19th to the divisional reserve brought a letter from home to tell me that Jack had been wounded on the first day of the battle and had returned to England. Later I was to learn that he had been shot through the body almost immediately he left the trench. The bullet had missed his spine by fraction of an inch yet he walked down to the first aid post alone. It was not expected that he would ever be A1 again but such was his strength that he later returned to his battalion.
Pte. John Markham Cook
British Army 10th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Grimsby, Lincs
(d.11th Apr 1917)
I was the first person in our family to visit Uncle Jack's grave - a very moving experience. I was able to take my mother , his sister, to the cemetery some years later.
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