Difference between revisions of "Cook Robert William Pte 4470622"
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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. | |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. | ||
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed. | |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed. | ||
| − | |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44. | + | |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 and Margaret Cook, Hetton-le-Hole. | + | |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". |
|Image Name=Cook_R_W_10_DLI.JPG | |Image Name=Cook_R_W_10_DLI.JPG | ||
|Image Title=Pte R W Cook's CWGC headstone. | |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
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.
