COOK H.
Harold Cook
Private 2088
1st/8th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Harold Cook died on Thursday 14 October 1915, Age 25, and was buried in the CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born on 12th January 1890 at Welbeck Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. He was the son of Robert Cook and Sarah Ann (formerly Turner), who married at St Mary's Church, Sutton-in-Ashfield in August 1882. At the time of his death they were living at Park Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield. His brother, Alfred Cook, is also remembered on the War Memorial.
He was the husband of Mrs Ellen Cook (later Bradley), of 6 Quarry Yard, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham.
Notts Free Press, In Memoriam, 14th June 1918
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Cook, Private Harold, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
HAROLD COOK Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Newark (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield). 1/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 2088, Killed in Action, France & Flanders 14th Oct 1915.
Research by Helen Wilson and Heather Faulkes