Private John Cooke

Service number 3676 (5123

Home: Meadhope Street, Wolsingham
Enlisted: 23 November 1914, Dunston (aged 41)
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion / unit: 9th Battalion
Conflict: First World War
War record: Yes
Next of kin: Husband of Emily Cooke of Meadhope Street, Wolsingham

Notes

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

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