BORN HULL 23/06/1886. SON OF KATE WHITTON (1864-1954) & THE LATE GEORGE HENRY COOK (1862-1935), AT 64 DALTRY STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED IN HULL, IN 1910. WIFE FANNY ELIZABETH COOK LIVED AT 20, SUBWAY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A FISH DOCK LABOURER. SERVED AS A TRIMMER WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL RESEERVE. LOST ON THE DRIFTER ‘WILLIAM ELLIOT’ ON 15/02/1918, AGED 31.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/02/1918.
BROTHER TO KATE ANN, FLORRIE, HANNAH, JAMES, ELLEN, HARRIET, AND SYDNEY.
William Elliott, was a hired net drifter, sunk, on 15th February 1918. The 5 crew lost were:-
COOK, George W, Trimmer, RNR, TS 6806
ERSKINE, John, Engineman, RNR, ES 2799
HOLLAND, Charles, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 18214
JACOBSON, George E, Engineman, RNR, TS 812
MESSENGER, Oswald H, Deck Hand, RNR, DA 13371
