History while in the forces
1915: promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant1916: ditto Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
13 Mar 1917: sent home to join Officers Training Corps
26 Sep 1917: promoted to 2nd Lieutenant stationed at West Hartlepool
10 Nov 1917: British Expeditionary Force, France, transferred to 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
28 Mar 1918: reported wounded and missing
30 Apr 1918: reported wounded Prisoner of War
- Surname
- Cook
- Forename
- William Edwin
- Service number
- 15090
- Rating or rank
- Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, [8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment], [Reserve Battalion,…
- Branch
- Rotherhithe, London
- Date of Birth
- 20 Feb 1894
- Date of birth
- 1894
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 01 Feb 1912
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 06 Sep 1914
