BORN BRADFORD 1889. SON OF HARRY & ANNIE COOK, AT 24 KENNINGTON STREET, BRADFORD. EMPLOYED BY RECKITT’S AS A LITHOGRAPHER, (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE ALSO LIVED WITH MR AND MRS PICKARD, AT 5, PICTURESQUE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AS PRIVATE, 4814, IN THE 3/4TH EYR TERRITORIALS IN 1910. HE ENLISTED AGAIN IN HULL, ON 01/11/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE AND POSTED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 20/09/1916. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, ON 22/02/1917, AGED 28.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/04/1917, WITH HIS PHOTGRAPH.
HE IS BURIED AT LOOS MILITARY CEMETERY. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, HARRY.
HE WAS BROTHER TO, HAROLD, WILLIAM, EDWARD,EMILY AND ANNIE.
First name:
ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
31044
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/02/1917
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
