Thomas James Cook No276404 Royal Field Artillery Service

[suzilad]

 I am trying to find out more about this man he was married to a distant relative of mine .
On the marriage cert. is the above information and he was stationed at No4 depot Woolwich -
 he married Margaret Wilson in 1920 in Edinburgh .

On marriage cert it gives his age as 26 his parents were Emily  May Morris father Thomas James Cook(deceased) and occupation given as a lorrydriver.

Thank you
suzilad

[KGarrad]

As he was still serving in 1920, his service records will still be with the MOD.
To apply for them, see: https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

Cost is £30, and you will need a copy of his death certificate.

[KGarrad]

Can't see his parents marriage on FreeBMD (which covers England & Wales), so I guess they married in Scotland?

You need to do a search on ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk.

[ShaunJ]

As he was still serving in 1920, his service records will still be with the MOD.

I believe that only applies to soldiers who continued to serve after 1920. 

There's a WW1 MIC and medal roll entry for RFA Driver Thomas James Cooke 276404, previously 81847 in the MGC. FindMyPast has a file for Thomas James Cook under the MGC number:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F007303352%2F00390&parentid=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F7303352%2F25%2F390

[MaxD]

Adding to ShaunJ's info, the RA Attestations register on Findmypast:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBM%2FROYALART%2F1020001-1021000%2F00004&parentid=GBM%2FROYALART%2F41811
shows he was a re-enlistment in December 1919 with number 1020008, discharged in 1922, re-enlisted again in 1923 in the Territorial Force and was discharged in 1927.

His records will indeed be at Glasgow as he went on after 1920.

MaxD

[ShaunJ]

He's on the 1918 and 1919 absent voters lists in Cotterills Avenue, Yardley, Birmingham

[suzilad]

  Thank you everyone for this information I have just had a look at the wedding certificate and it states he was a driver .

How do I get more information from Glasgow .

I have never researched the forces before that I can remember anyway.

suzilad

[ShaunJ]

Thomas James Cooke birth was registered in 1893 in Kidderminster (as per the Royal Artillery attestation record). Mother's maiden name was Penny. It appears that his father Thomas married again in 1899 - to Emily Morris.

Public tree on Ancestry:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/925179/person/-1574779873/facts

[MaxD]

How do I get more information from Glasgow .

suzilad

See KGarrad's first post at the beginning of the thread.

MaxD