- First Name(s):Joseph
- Surname:COOK
- Service Number:G4843
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Royal Fusiliers
- Battalion:4th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:22nd February 1915
- Age At Death:
- Cause of Death:Killed in action
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 6 and 8.
- Place of Birth:Wilden, Worcestershire, resident Stourport, Worcestershire
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:Unknown
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Further Information About COOK Joseph
Joseph was the son of Mr Joseph Cook of Bone Mill, Stourport. He left England in December and arrived at Rouen after a rough passage across the Channel. Unfortunately he was unable to obtain leave before going abroad. In his letters home he told how the trenches are very wet and many men are in hospital, a good proportion with frostbitten feet. Joseph was killed at the Battle of Ypres by the bursting of a shell about 9 o’clock at night. Hit in the neck, he died shortly afterwards and was buried at the edge of a wood.
Source for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle, 13th March 1915, reported with photo.
An obituary for Joseph Cook appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for February 1917.
Joseph Cook has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
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