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Major HUGH WILLIAM FOTHERGILL COOKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

24th Punjabis

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1915

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

IV. S. 16.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Col. W. S. Cooke and Rosa Harriet, his wife, of "Heatherside," Fleet, Hants; husband of Edith Winifred Cooke.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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