The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C Cooke

Private Charles COOKE, S/367, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 24th April 1915.

Born Paddington, London, W.

Previously served 6 years in West Kents.

5th August 1906, St Katherines, Rotherhithe, married Nellie Amelia Slater, spinster.

Children - Charles William Cooke, born 6th November 1907, Deptford; Nellie Beatrice Cooke, born 9th July 1909, Deptford; Elizabeth Alice Cooke, born 27th January 1912; Maud Amelia Cooke, born 31st August 1913, Deptford.

Enlisted Greenwich, age 28 years & 48 days, height 5ft 8¾ inches, weight137lbs, green eyes, brown hair, tattoo both forearms, scar back of left ear, scar back of neck. Resided 4 Sayer Stteet, Deptford, SE / 32 Windmill Lane, Deptford, SE8. Formerly labourer.

Home 1st September 1914 to 6th December 1914; BEF 6th December 1914 to 21st January 1915; Home 22nd January 1915 to 5th March 1915; BEF 6th March 1915 to 24th April 1915.

1st September 1914, enlisted; 4th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th October 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd December 1914, Chatham, overstaying his pass from Tattoo till 9.30pm 4th December, 7 days Field Punishment No.2., forfeits 2 days pay; 7th December 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd January 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th March 1915, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Buried at Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, II. K. 44. Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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