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Robin Hook

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Robin Hook

August 7, 1915
Gelibolu, Canakkale, Turkey

Military Service

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lancashire Fusiliers

Division:

9th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Allan James and Janet Hook, of Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Brother of Lieutenant Duncan Hook of the same regiment who was killed in action on August 7, 1915 and Lieutenant Geoffrey Hook, Royal Air Force, who died of illness on October 4, 1918. Robin and Duncan were civil engineers in Canada when the war broke out and they joined the fight.

Commemorated on Page 567 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HILL 10 CEMETERY
Turkey

Grave Reference:

I. C. 17.

Location:

Hill 10 is a low isolated mound on the north side of the Salt Lake, close to the sea shore, inland from Suvla Bay.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of August 31, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11815075/Daily-Telegraph-August-31-1915.html

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    Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of August 31, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11815075/Daily-Telegraph-August-31-1915.html
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– News article from Calgary Herald advising of the death of S/Lt. Robin Hook and Lt. Duncan Hook who served in the same regiment and lost their lives two days apart, Robin on August 7, 1915 and August 9, 1915 respectively.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – News article from Calgary Herald advising of the death of S/Lt. Robin Hook and Lt. Duncan Hook who served in the same regiment and lost their lives two days apart, Robin on August 7, 1915 and August 9, 1915 respectively.
  • Grave Marker– Image courtesy of W.R.P.F. Visit to the Gallipoli Peninsula: June 2012.

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Image courtesy of W.R.P.F. Visit to the Gallipoli Peninsula: June 2012.

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