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Pte. Thomas Oswald Cook
British Army 220th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:21 Albert Road, Stechford, Birmingham
Thomas Oswald Cook was born 2nd Oct 1893.
He enlisted under the Derby Scheme in Birmingham on 11th Dec 1915. He was mobilized on 9 Nov 1916 and on 8 Jan 1917 he joined the 22nd Training Reserve Battalion which was part of the 5th Reserve Brigade stationed at Shoreham. He transferred into the Machine Gun Corps on 24th February 1917. His service records lists the following:
MGC 12th Coy - posted 8 May 1917
MGC 207th Coy - posted 29 Sep 1917
MGC 220th Coy - posted 11 Oct 1917
MGC B? - posted 8 Dec 1917
MGC 220th - posted 20 Feb 1918
Home - Posted 26 Mar 1919
Discharged 22 Apr 1919 - no longer physically fit for War Service.