Profile: John Cooke
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Hamlet:
Village: Wolsingham
Parish: Wolsingham
Enlisted: Monday, November 23, 1914, Dunston (aged 41)
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion: 9th Battalion
Conflict: First World War
War Record: Yes
Discharge Status:
Next of Kin: Husband of Emily Cooke of Meadhope Street, Wolsingham
Transferred to Northumberland Fusiliers 25/9/1915 - Transferred to Royal Defence Corp 29/4/1916 - Discharged 31/10/1917 as being no longer physically fit for army duties - Sustained shrapnel wound to left theigh in 1914 in france also gunshot wounds to eyes due to service non attribute (20% vision) also defective vision - awarded a gratuity of £32 on 26/9/1919 -giving a pension of 6s/week for 26 weeks from 21/9/1918
Private John Cooke (No: 3676 (5123))
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