COOK, Herbert
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit / Base:
'Commando Basic Training Centre'
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14419989
Died :
Monday, September 13, 1943
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Age:
18
Cemetery/Memorial:
London, Islington Cemetery
Local Roll of Honour:
Commando Depot (CBTC) and STC Lochailort ROH
Rifleman Herbert Cook, aged 18, died at the Commando Basic Training Centre, Achnacarry.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cook, of Islington, London.
Death recorded as by '"shell round (mortar) of head while on service training."
Seen after death by Capt. J.H. Haldane RAMC.
Informant (name illegible), Second Lieutenant Commando Depot Achnacarry.
Also killed was
Rfn. William Stockbridge
Sources.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Register of Deaths in the district of Kilmallie.
Notes
Service in a Commando has not been established.
Primary Roll of Honour:
'Special Service Roll of Honour'
Archive pages :
Training Centre Deaths during WW2
Commando Training WW2