Lance Corporal Herbert William Cook
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Cook,
Herbert William
Date of birth: 1896-11-03
Place of birth: Springhill Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Ruth Cook, Springhill, Nova Scotia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): coal miner
Occupation (normalized): Miner, General
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 414551
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(25th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: Springhill NS War Memorial
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 1566573
LAC ID:
114058
Service file: B1946-S038
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cook, of Springhill, Nova Scotia.
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 40th Battalion.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 40th Battalion 2nd Reinforcing Draft Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-07-09