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Pte. Donald George Cook
British Army D Coy. 2nd Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Long Eaton
(d.9th Jul 1918)
Donald Cook is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium. He was the second child of Edgar Lowe Cook and Mary Ann Barnett.
He enlisted on 2nd of November 19142nd at the age of 16. He joined D Coy of the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
In 1911 he was living at 9 Friar Street, Long Eaton, and at that time was a butcher's errand boy.
By the time his death in action was recorded, his parents had moved to 24 Upper Wellington Street.