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Military service
Service number:
503401
Age:
25
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Tunnelling Coy.
Birth:
November 7, 1890
Enlistment:
Merritt, British Columbia
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of George and Charlotte Cook; of Mansfield, England; husband of Martha A. Munro (formerly Cook), of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Sapper James Leslie Cook
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 259 of 818. -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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War Memorial
War Memorial, Merritt and Nicola Valley District, British Columbia. The Cenotaph was unveiled on November 6th, 1921. There are 44 names on three sides of the memorial representing those men who died during World War One. A panel was added at a later date to include 18 names of local men who died in World War Two. Inscribed: IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF MERRITT AND THE NICOLA VALLEY DISTRICT / OUR WELL BELOVED DEAD WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leslie Cook
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leslie Cook
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leslie Cook
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leslie Cook
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leslie Cook
Digital gallery of
Sapper James Leslie Cook
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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