COOK George Henderson

  • First Name(s):
    George 
    Henderson 
  • Surname:
    COOK
  • Service Number:
    28717
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 23 to 28 and 163A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Edinburgh, Midlothian, enlisted Worcester, resident Great Witley, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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COOK George Henderson Is Named On These Memorials

Great Witley War Memorial

Further Information About COOK George Henderson

Awarded Military Medal.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

United Parish Magazine, Witley section, November 1917:
Two more honours have been won by Witley men. Major Cyril Bartlett has received from the King the Military Cross and Private George Henderson Cook has been awarded the Military Medal.

United Parish Magazine, Witley section, May 1918:
George Henderson Cook M.M., Warwickshire Regiment has given his life in the recent fighting.  He had gone through five day’s hard fighting, at one time surrounded by Germans, and had got back to comparative safety, when he was killed by a chance shell.  He will be greatly missed and much sympathy is felt for his wife and family.

George Cook has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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Credits: Parish magazine researched by Eve Fraser.