This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A. T. W. Cook (Albert Tom William Cook) (Cook, Albert Tom William) Service no Z/447 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion Died on 11 July 1916 Remembered at Lambeth (Tooting) Cemetery, London SW17 and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9  COOK, A. T. W., Rifleman, Rifle Brigade. He volunteered in 1914 and was drafted to the Western Front the following year. During his service in France he fought at Ypres and was severely wounded in the Battle of the Somme. He was invalided home to hospital and subsequently succumbed to his injuries in July 1916. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "Whilst we remember, the sacrifice is not in vain." 23, Brooklands Road, South Lambeth, S.W.8. |
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