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223038 Pte. John Cook British Army 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment from:Staithes, N Yorks (d.15th Sept 1916) John Cook was born on 9th May 1878 in Goose Green, Wigan, Lancashire. His mother was Anne Cook who worked as a weaver in a woollen mill and his father was unknown. He married Mary Ellen Bousfield on 25th August 1900 in Rosedale Abbey, North Yorkshire and together they had eight children of which my grandma Margaret Cook (b. Dec 1900) was the oldest. John was a miner and spent most of his working life in the ironstone mines in and around North Yorkshire. John enlisted in the 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in Whitby in 1915 and became Private 3496. He completed his training before leaving for France. Unfortunately for John the 1/5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment was deployed to the Somme area of Northern France. John fought in the Battle of Flers Corcelettes which was a major offensive and hundreds of men lost their lives. John was ‘Killed in Action’ on the 15th September 1916 and his name appears as a casualty of that Battle in the Yorkshire Regiment War Diaries. John is remembered with honour and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France. His name also appears on the Staithes War Memorial, near Whitby in North Yorkshire. To my knowledge there are no surviving photographs of John Cook. I am his great granddaughter. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**