Cecil cook

[becky22]

Looking for help regarding Cecil cook born 1894 St. Helens parents thomas and Mary. He was in 1/3rd west lancas field ambulance royal army medical corps service no 341252 and died 10 April 1918. Any help greatly appreciated ns thanks in advance

[nanny jan]

From CWGC site:

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/53934/cook,-cecil/

[MaxD]

Cecil Cook died of wounds in No 23 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) at Bethune.  The cemetery in which he is buried is just outside Bethune and has a number of casualties from No 23 CCS and No 18 CCS.  He had been working with his Field Ambulance on 16th March 1918 in the village of Locon looking after the wounded of the 55th Division when two shells fell in the village, killing two men and wounding eight.  http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=50.5689&lon=2.6540&layers=101723830&right=BingHyb The wounded were all evacuated to the CCS about 6 km to the north. The war diary does not record any other casualties for the Field Ambulance until much later in April so it may be fairly assumed that he was among the wounded of 16th March, succumbing to his wounds in early April.
He had joined the army in September 1914 serving first in UK and moving to France with the Field Ambulance in January 1916.  He left the pay the army owed him, £6 6s 1d and his war gratuity of £17 to his mother Mary.  His service entitled him to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal (parts of his service record survive, his medal record has his original service number).

MaxD

[becky22]

Thank you so much Max 😊