COOK Herbert Owen

  • First Name(s):
    Herbert 
    Owen 
  • Surname:
    COOK
  • Service Number:
    5252972
  • Rank:

    Lance Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    8th February 1945
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar, Face 12.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Sidney George Cook, and of Theodosia Eliza Cook, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COOK Herbert Owen Is Named On These Memorials

Kidderminster St Barnabas Church WW2 Memorial
Kidderminster War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Kidderminster St Barnabas Church WW2 Memorial with the information: L/Sgt 7th Worcs Regt, surname spelt Cook
Kidderminster War Memorial, surname spelt Cooke

Further Information About COOK Herbert Owen

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from Herbert’s mother, Mrs T.E. Cook, Strathmore, 96 Franche Rd, Franche, Kidderminster dated 18th February 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that his name be added to the county roll of honour. The letter states that Herbert Owen, Lance Sergeant, 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, service no 5252972, died of wounds in Burma on the 8th February 1945.

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