Private Thomas Alfred Cook
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Date of Birth
1887
Date of Death
20 Aug 1918
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Soldier or Civilian
- Civilian
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Pte Thomas Alfred Cook, 204219, 1st Herts Regiment, died in a casualty clearing station in France on August 20th, 1918, from wounds sustained in action the previous day.
Born in Luton in 1887, a son of Thomas and Alice Cook, of 10 Clarendon Road, Luton, Thomas was engaged in the cost office at Vauxhall works before joining up in May 1917.
He had married Martha How from Round Green in 1909 and by the time of the 1911 Census they were living in Turners Road with two young boys, Harold Thomas (born 1910) and Dennis (1911).
The couple had an address at 357 Hitchin Road at the time of Thomas' death, when there were three more children.
He is commemorated on the Luton Roll of Honour/War Memorial and on the Vauxhall War Memorial in Kimpton Road.
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Author: Deejaya
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