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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM EDWIN COOK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

1st/2nd Bn. attd. 4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. D. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Eliza Jane Cook, of 121, Bellenden Rd., Peckham, London. Native of Dulwich, London.
  • Personal Inscription TAKE HEART WHO BEARS THE CROSS TODAY SHALL WEAR THE CROWN TOMORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 919
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