Thomas Cook
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Thomas Cook was born in 1896 the son of Tom a boilersmith and Lucy Cook née Blyton of 11 Palin Street, Nottingham and the brother of Lily, Florrie, Harriet and Harry Cook. Tom and Lucy Blyton were both born in 1873 at Nottingham, married in 1891 at Nottingham they had 5 children. In 1911 they lived at 10 Burwell Street Hyson Green Nottingham.
Private Thomas Cook, enlisted in Nottingham on 3rd June 1913 giving his age as 17 yrs and his occupation as a store keeper. He served with the 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment (Robin Hood Rifles). He was sent to France on 28th February 1915 and killed in action on 31st July 1915, aged 19, during the German attack on the British line near Sanctuary Wood, Belgium. He is buried in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
In memoriam published 31st July 1916 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “COOK. – In loving memory of Private Tom Cook, killed in action July 31st, 1915, aged 19. “COOK. – In loving memory of Private T. Cook, Robin Hoods, aged 19 years, who fell in action July 31st, 1915. No mother's care did him attend, nor o'er him did a father bend, no sister by to shed a tear, no brother his last words to hear. – Mother, father, sisters, brothers, Parrinder. Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
