BORN SALFORD, LANCASHIRE, 1881. SON OF ANNIE COOK & SISTERS ANN AND KATE COOK, WHO LIVED AT 10, GROSVENOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS A SHIP’S COOK (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, IN HULL, ON 20/11/1914, AGED 33 YEARS AND 156 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH CHEST, 126 LBS WEIGHT. HE WAS STATIONED AT PAUL. WHILE THERE, HE WAS PUNISHED FOR BEING DRUNK AND CREATING A DISTURBANCE, SLEEPING AT HIS POST, OVERSTAYING HIS PASS, ABSENT FROM DUTY AND BEING DRUNK WHILST ON SENTRY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/09/1915 AND SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN THE LEFT ARM BY A BULLET, ON 08/04/1916. RE-JOINED THE 1ST EYR, ON 08/06/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 35. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 128 DAYS. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
UNMARRIED. BOTH PARENTS WERE DECEASED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS ELDER BROTHER, CHRISTOPHER, AT 10, NELSON’S AVENUE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL. HE LEFT ANOTHER BROTHER, JOHN WOOD COOK, AND SISTERS, NELLIE, ANN AND KATE.
Cook, George
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
15839
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
35
10, GROSVENOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
