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George Richard Cook

In memory of:

Lance Corporal George Richard Cook

February 18, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

642863

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

April 21, 1896

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cook, of Collingwood, Ontario; husband of Dorothy Cook, of 7, Albert Buildings, Mile End New Town, London, England.

Commemorated on Page 388 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

FOSSE No. 10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 20.

Location:

Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of GEORGE RICHARD COOK– From a collage photo layout of members of A Company and the bugle band of the 157th Canadian Infantry Battalion.

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    Photo of GEORGE RICHARD COOK
    Photo of GEORGE RICHARD COOK – From a collage photo layout of members of A Company and the bugle band of the 157th Canadian Infantry Battalion.
  • 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 229 of 818.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    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 229 of 818.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the London Free Press March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the London Free Press March 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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