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Arthur Irving Cooke

In memory of:

Trooper Arthur Irving Cooke

August 9, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

D/122979

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.

Division:

28th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

October 30, 1921
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

November 24, 1941
Montreal, Quebec

Son of Reginald A. and Ellen H. Cooke, of Ville St. Laurent, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 278 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 3.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Inscription - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial Stained Glass– A Irving Cook memorial stained glass memorial window (1947) by Charles William Kelsey, St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 4940, avenue Macdonald, Montreal, QC H3X 2V3.
http://montreal.anglican.org/parish/ndg/stmatthews/

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