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William Cooke

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772907
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Greater London
Birth city: 
London
Address at enlistment: 
120 St. George Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
120 St. George Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Freight Foreman
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
36
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Letters and documents

BX September 22, 1916
 
Four Names on Brant County Casualty List – Privates Thompson and Crabtree, City, Flavelle, Paris, and Cooke, St. George – All Wounded

A long list of casualties received shortly before noon today contained the names of several more Brantford or Brant County men who have been wounded on the battlefields. 

Private W. Cooke is also given as a married man, 38 years of age, who left here with the 38th Dufferin Rifles contingent in July 1915. He came here and enlisted from St. George.

BX March 31, 1975

William Cooke

COOKE – At his residence, 16 Sussex Street, on Sunday, March 30, 1975, William Cooke in his 95th year, husband of Elizabeth Walters; dear father of Leslie of Paris, Gilbert of St. Catharines, Donald, Mrs. Ada Ellar, Mrs. Elva Vipond all of Brantford, Mrs. Lena Woodey of Port Dover; 17 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild.  Mr. Cooke was a veteran of the First World War.  Resting at Hill and Robinson Ltd., Funeral Home, Nelson and Queen Streets, until Tuesday.  Service in the chapel at 1 p.m.  Interment Soldiers’ Plot Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. Douglas Black will officiate.

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