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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 15342 Percy John Elliot COOKE - 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Died on Friday July 7th 1916 aged 30


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Amara War Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Jan 1916 ~ Alcester x 3 - War Memorial Cross  |  Baptist Church  |  British Legion
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Died of Disease 27 Oct 1915 at Stourbridge Drill Hall  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Amara Isolation Hospital  ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Percy is listed as having died of disease (Pension Card) in the Amara Isolation Hospital (Register of Effects) on 7 Jul 1916. We have not yet been able to identify which disease Percy died from nor when he was first admitted to the hospital.
 
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1885 at Astwood Bank, Alcester (as Cook)  
   
Parents Names Abode
John and Sarah Ann Cooke 126 Earlmore Road, Redditch
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1886 - Alcester 1901 - Needle Straightener                            
1891 - High Street, Alcester 1911 - Needle Straightener    
1901 - High Street, Alcester  
1911 - High Street, Alcester  
1916 - 126 Earlmore Road, Redditch