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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
453790
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
August 8, 1895
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
September 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 32.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ross Cook, of Simcoe, Ontario; husband of Florence Margaret Croshaw Boaprey (formerly Cook), of Kingston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George William Cook
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Circumstances of Death
Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 231 of 818. Private George William Cook was originally buried in DELMADGE CEMETERY, FONTAINE-NOTRE DAME, 900 metres North-East of the railway station. After the Armistice his body, and those of 23 other Canada soldiers buried there, were exhumed and re-interred at Anneux British Cemetery. -
Grave Marker
The gravesite of George William Cook MM + Bar, KIA 09/29/18 - Taken on July 21,2004 by his great nephew in Anneux France. I was proud to be the first member of my family to visit his grave.
Digital gallery of
Private George William Cook
Digital gallery of
Private George William Cook
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 388 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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