Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS COOK PLASKITT 11/1075. Born in December 1893, Thomas was the eighth of nine children to George and Mary Jane Plaskitt of 3 Ryland Villas, Rustonburg Street, Hull. A Shop Assistant before the war, he enlisted at Hull City Hall on 10th September 1914 joining the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, ‘The Tradesmen’, 2nd Hull Pals. He was wounded in the head and shoulder by shrapnel on the Somme but recovered and returned to the front where he fought at Oppy Wood and Vimy Ridge. Wounded once again in the head, this time in the face and skull, during the German Spring Offensive Thomas was evacuated to No.12 Stationary Hospital at St. Pol where he died of wounds on 27th March 1918. At least he received a proper burial, something of a rarity for men killed that day. Thomas Cook Plaskitt is buried at St. Pol Communal Cemetery Extension; he was 24 years old.
Plaskitt, Thomas Cook
First name:
THOMAS COOK
Military Number:
1075
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/03/1918
Place died:
St. Pol Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
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