BORN HULL 1880. SON OF HENRY AND FRANCES S. COOKE, OF BICESTER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
HE MARRIED IN 1908. HIS WIFE ANNIE CALEY (BORN 19/4/1887), LIVED AT 30, EAST PARK AVENUE, HULL, 36, CHEVERTEN AVENUE, WITHERNSEA & JESMOND MEAD WALK, ANLABY PARK ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY ALSO LIVED AT 67 MIDDLETON STREET, HULL WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED IN HULL AS A BREWER’S CLERK.
ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, 6113 ARTILLERY TRAINING SCHOOL. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 202743, 12/13TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 04/10/1917, AGED 37.
HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION 28 SHILLINGS ON 1/5/1918 FOR HERSELF AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MARJOREI AND AUDREY.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM, AND THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WW1 MEMORIAL.
HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
