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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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Private George William Cook
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.
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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.
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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.
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Page 388 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
Anneux is a village in the Department of the Nord, a little to the south of the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume.
The ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY stands in a broad valley running east and west between Bourton Wood and the village of Graincourt, 200 metres from the junction of the N30 and D15
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