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|Army number=4470622
 
|Army number=4470622
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born Sunderland 1922/23.
 
|Age=21
 
|Age=21
|Unit=10 DLI
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
|Died/Killed in action=27/6/1944 00:00:00
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|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
|Home address=Son of Robert and Margaret Cook, Hetton-le-Hole.
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|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.  Initially interred at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 Reference 889.656.
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|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Robert (1893 - ) and Margaret (1894 - ) Cook, 5 Lyons Colliery, Hetton-le-Hole.  Re-buried Grave IV. E. 17. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads - "WE LITTLE THOUGHT YOU WOULD NO MORE RETURN IN DEATH WOULD FALL ASLEEP AND LEAVE US HERE TO MOURN".
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|Image Name=Cook_R_W_10_DLI.JPG
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|Image Title=Pte R W Cook's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Thanks are due to a family contributor to the WW2 Talk Website for additional information for inclusion on Robert's Memorial Page.

Latest revision as of 10:43, 29 November 2018

Personnel Entry

Pte R W Cook's CWGC headstone.
Pte R W Cook's CWGC headstone.

Name Cook Robert William
Army number 4470622
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Sunderland 1922/23.
Age 21
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet. Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 27/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27-Jun-44. Initially interred at Rauray - Map Sheet 7F/1 Reference 889.656.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Robert (1893 - ) and Margaret (1894 - ) Cook, 5 Lyons Colliery, Hetton-le-Hole. Re-buried Grave IV. E. 17. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel. Headstone inscription reads - "WE LITTLE THOUGHT YOU WOULD NO MORE RETURN IN DEATH WOULD FALL ASLEEP AND LEAVE US HERE TO MOURN".
Source table 10DLI

Thanks are due to a family contributor to the WW2 Talk Website for additional information for inclusion on Robert's Memorial Page.