The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W H Pook

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Private William Henry POOK, 202457, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 17418, Hampshire Regiment), died whilst a Prisoner of War in Germany, 9th June 1918, age 18.

Born Tiverton, Devon, son of William Henry of 24 East Street, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire.

1911 Census - 24 East Street, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire - William Henry Pook, head, age 38, married, bricklayer, building, worker, born Tiverton; Mary Ann Pook, wife, age 39, married 19 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, housewife, born Tiverton; Emily Elizabeth Pook, daughter, age 16, single, born Tiverton; William Henry Pook, son, age 12, school, born Littlehampton, Sussex.

Enlisted Portsmouth, Hampshire.  Resided Portsmouth, Hampshire.

Buried at Berlin South Western Cemetery, III. B. 1., Germany. Commemorated on City of Portsmouth War Memorial.