Lieutenant William Lea Cook
William Lea Cook.
Regiment/Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) - 50th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 3rd of February 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Canada
Burial / Memorial: Vimy Memorial -
Census details:
1901 - Shows 8 years old William Lea living at 97 Cooper Street, St Helens with his parents Robert (45), Selina (36) and five siblings: [cas=399]Robert Cook[/cas] (15), Selina (12), Isabella (9), Mary Louisa (5), Agnes Florence (2). 1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Glass Cutters Assistant' William Lea living at 81 Morley Street, St Helens with his widowed mother Selina (46) and three siblings: [cas=399]Robert Cook[/cas] (25), 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]Also Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Age taken from census.
[note=34]Two Cook Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=21]Also Remembered On St Marks War Memorial, North Road.[/url] Age taken from census.
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[caption]Extracts from the Battalion War Diary give details of the raid in which Lt Cook was killed[/caption]
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[caption]Image from the St.Helens Newspaper & Advertiser, courtesy of Jeff Keenan[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Lt_Cook_WL_Alberta_Reg.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Vimy Memorial bearing the inscription for Lieutenant William Lea Cook
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
