Name
Walter Richard Cook
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/06/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
TF/263009
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
8th Bn. “A” Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
XX. D. 2.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 19 Dec 1897 and baptised on 12 Feb 1899 in Hornsey son of William Harry and Rosa Cook. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1907-11.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 6 Jun 1915 in Willesden. He was wounded in the thigh and taken prisoner but died from his wounds. He was initially buried in Auberchicourt German Cemetery but his grave was later moved to the British Cemetery at Souchez.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
