Person

This information appeared in the Chester le Street Chronicle on 18 October 1918:

Pte. Arthur Cook (20), D.L.I. is another of Sacriston’s brave sons who has joined the great majority, and whose name adorns this noble list of honoured dead. He was killed in action in France on 30th September. His parents who reside at 1 Co-operative Street, Sacriston, received a telegram stating that he was wounded on 28th September and he passed away two days later. He was laid to rest in a Christian cemetery and the bereaved parents have received a sympathetic letter from the Chaplain. He enlisted in May, 1917, and had been in France ten months, prior to which he was a putter at the Sacriston Colliery. Another brother, Pte. Geo.W. Cook, M.M., N.F., is in France, and has been wounded twice and gassed once.

Civil Parish: Witton Gilbert

Death date: 30-Sept-1918

Armed force/civilian: Army

Residence: 1 Co-operative Street, Sacriston

Employment: Sacriston Colliery, putter

Family: Father: George Cook
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Cook
Brother: George W Cook

Military service:

Private in the Durham Light Infantry, 19th Battalion, regimental number: 75046
Enlisted at Chester le Street, May 1917
Wounded 28 September 1918, died of wounds 30 September 1918

Memorial(s): Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

Gender: Male

Contributed by Sacriston Heritage Group | Durham County Record Office | Jack Mulligan and Lewis Cooper, York St John Uni | Eileen Surtees |