Serjeant 437 Robert Cook
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Age at death: 29
Date of death: 25th of May 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.
Family details:
Son Selina Cook, of 121, Morley St., St. Helens, Lancs., and the late Robert Cook. Mother Selina and sister Mrs Isabella Carlisle are legatees.
Census details:
1891 - 5 years old schoolboy Robert is living at 44 Stanhope Street, St Helens with parents Robert (35), Selina (26) and two siblings: Ada Flo (3), Selina (2). 1901 - Shows 15 years old 'Apprentice Clerk (glass wks)' Robert living at 97 Cooper Street, St Helens with his parents Robert (45), Selina (36) and five siblings: Selina (12), Isabella (9), [cas=401]William Lea Cook[/cas] (8), Mary Louisa (5), Agnes Florence (2). 1911 - Sees 25 years old 'Office Clerk' Robert living at 81 Morley Street, St Helens with his widowed mother Selina (46) and three siblings: [cas=401]William Lea Cook[/cas] (18), Mary Louisa (16), Agnes Florence (12). Also at the address is William Lea Cook (73) father of Robert snr.
Notes:
[note=34]Two Cook Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]
[note=34]Two Cook Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/437RobertCook.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/Sgts_1_Menin_Gate.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Serjeant Robert Cook on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
