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Sergeant S E Cook


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Serjeant Stanley Edward COOK, G/11250,  6th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th August 1918.

Born Lambeth, Surrey, son of Alfred Edward & Annie Cook, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth SE.

24th November 1897, St Mary, Princes Road, Lambeth, baptism, Stanley Edward Cook, son of Alfred Edward (carman) & Annie Cook, 30 Tracy Street, Lambeth.

Enlisted  Whitehall, London, age 19, height 5ft 5¾ inches, weight 125lbs, scar on left foot & tubercular scar left forearm. Resided, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth SE. Formerly carman.

Home, 19th November 1915 to 12th September 1916; BEF 13th September 1916 to 10th October 1916; Home, 11th October 1916 to 15th September 1917; BEF 16th September 1917 to 9th August 1918.

19th November 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st November 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th March 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 16th June 1916, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st August 1916, appointed Acting Corporal; 12th September 1916, appointed Acting Sergeant; 13th September 1916, posted BEF, embarked, Infantry Base Depot;  29th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th September 1916,  promoted Corporal reverts from Acting Sergeant; 7th October 1916, wounded, shell wound to left arm; 10th October 1916 to England on Hospital Ship, Cambria; 11th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916 to 31st October 1916, Military Hospital, Trent Bridge, Nottingham; 31st October 1916 to 9th December 1916, Convalescent Hospital Eastbourne; 10th December 1916, sent on furlough; 18th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th April 1917, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, arrived 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples; 12th September 1917, posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1917, joined Battalion; 15th April 1918, sick to Field Ambulance; 21st April 1918, PUO admitted 6 General Hospital, Rouen; 23rd April 1918 admitted 2 Convalescent Depot; 27th April 1918, admitted 11 Convalescent Depot, Buchy?; 31st May 1918, Infantry Base Depot, Etaples from 11 Convalescent Depot; 9th June 1916, rejoined Battalion; 3rd July 1918,  appointed Acting Sergeant.

3rd March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 6/4 a week will cease.

26th August 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Edward Cook, deceased; Mother, Annie Cook, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Brothers - Alfred Thomas Cook, age 13, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; George Leonard Cook, age 5, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Robert James Cook, age 3, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Sisters - Gertrude Violet Cook, age 19, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Emma? Maude Cook, age 17, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Rose Annie Cook, age 15, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Maggie? Louisa Cook, age 11, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Ivy Dorothy? Cook, age 9, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth; Lilian?  ???? Cook, age 8, 113 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth.

Buried at Morlancourt British Cemetery No 2., B.1., Somme, France.


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