Name
Henry Nelson-Cookes
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/10/1918
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Garrison Artillery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PORTSMOUTH (HIGHLAND ROAD) CEMETERY
Plot H, Row 15, Grave 26.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book
Pre War
Son of William Henry and Mary Sophia (nee MANDER) NELSON-COOKES; husband of Kathleen Northcote (nee WRIGHT) NELSON-COOKES.
His parents married 10 January 1888 at St Nicholas’, Kenilworth, Warks. William died 4 July 1922 in Bournemouth, Dorset, aged 69; Mary died 5 April 1941 in Boscombe, Dorset, aged 74.
Henry was born 1889 in Banbury, Oxon, and baptised 13 February 1889 at St Mary’s, Banbury. He married 31 January 1917 at St Jude’s, Southsea, Hants. Kathleen never married, and died 13 January 1963 in Southsea aged 74.
There is a Marriage announcement for Henry in the Observer dated 10 February 1917.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1891 Census, aged 2 he lived in Kenilworth, with his parents and no siblings. On the 1901 Census, a pupil aged 12, he lived in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. On the 1911 Census, a law student aged 22, he lived in Watford, with his parents and no siblings.
Wartime Service
He appears to have no medals, was gazetted 11 April 1917 as Second Lieutenant, and died of pneumonia.
There is an article about and a Death announcement for Henry in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 2 November 1918.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
