John Cook
Service Number
6923
Military Unit
1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment
Date of birth
Date of Death
08 Sep 1914 (27 years old)
Place of Birth
Ely,Cambridgeshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was employed as a labourer at the local chemical works
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
John was born in 1886 at Ely, Cambridgeshire the son of John a blacksmith by trade and Martha Elizabeth Cook (nee Gunthorpe) .He was married to Irene Mary Foster who had been born in 1887 in Rotherham,they married in Thorne, Yorkshire in 1910 and soon after had a son William.In the 1911 census he is 24 years of age and a chemical works labourer and living with his wife who he states have been married less than a year and their son William 4 months of age born at West Stockwith. Following his death his wife Irene moved to live at 22 kendall Road, Hove, Sussex.
Military History
He enlisted and served with the 1st battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment and died on 08/09/14 and is buried in Bezu-Le-Guery British cemetery, France
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
John Cook
Photo provided courtesy of The War Graves Photographic Project www.twgpp.org
John Cook
Photo shows a newspaper article published following the death of John Cook, giving details of him,photo courtesy of the Misterton and West Stockwith history group