BORN GOOLE 1895. SON OF FRED COOK & HARRIET COOK, OF 23 , CHOLMLEY STREET, HULL WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILERMAKER, FOREMAN. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN (TWIN BROTHER OF ALBERT COOK). A FORMER STUDENT OF THE HULL TECHNICAL TRAING COLLEGE. HE ENLISTED ATHULL, IN JUNE 1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE EAST RIDING GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF PERTRONITIS, AT THE MILITARY HOSPITAL, CATTERICK, ON 07/07/1918, AGED 23.
HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER HARRIET. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/07/1918.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
382192
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
07/07/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
24
