The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Cook

Private John COOK, G/5722, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Somme, Flanders France, 3rd September 1916, age 41.

Born, 21st January 1893, Maidstone, Kent, son of the late Walter Cook, (shoemaker and ex Sergeant of the Volunteer Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment), and Mary Cook, (daughter of W F Couchman), of 22, Grecian St., Maidstone, Kent.

Served in the South African War 1899-1902 (Queens Medal with three Clasps& Kings Medal with Clasps), also Ireland & Egypt.

1911 Census - 20, Grecian St., Maidstone, Kent - John Cook, head, age 36, single, bootmaker, leather & grinding seller, own account, born Maidstone, Kent; Mary Cook, mother, age 65, widow, born Maidstone, Kent.

Re-enlisted 11th February 1915, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly shoemaker.

11th October 1915, posyed BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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