Name
Bertram Cooke
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/04/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
889530
Royal Field Artillery
Y 32nd Trench Mortar Bty
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
II. L. 21
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial, Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans
Pre War
Son of Joseph and Emily Cooke, of 32, Catherine St., St. Albans, Herts.
Wartime Service
Died of wounds.
Additional Information
Ernest and his brother Bertram are also commemorated on the family headstone in St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery. Their inscription reads:
ALSO OF ERNEST COOKE. YOUNGEST SON OF THE ABOVE (JAMES JOSEPH COOKE) WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY JANUARY 22ND 1918. AGED 20 YEARS
BURIED AND BOULOGNE CEMETERY
UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
AND OF GUNNER BERTRAM COOKE TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY(?)
DIED OF WOUNDS APRIL 15TH AGED 23 YEARS BURIED AT GEZAINCOURT
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
