Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Private Arthur Cook, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, service no :- 26020, who died 12/6/1920 buried Pitstone (St Marys) Churchyard)
Pte 26020 Arthur Cook
aged 44 of 2nd Bn the O&BLI, formerly 2467 of 3rd Bn and of the Royal Berkshires.
He had served in the Boer War and had been awarded two clasps to his medal but was discharged on 7 February 1919, having contracted typhoid in November 1918.
Born in Ivinghoe, he was a council road worker, living with his wife and her mother "near the railway bridge" in 1911. Husband of Louisa (Wesley) of Pitstone, son of George and Fanny Cook Née Evans, late of 2 Ship End, Pitstone.
Arthur Cook died on 12.6.1920 in The Royal Bucks Hospital, Aylesbury. His wife Louisa was in attendance. The causes of death were: 1) Dysentery 2) Exhaustion. There was no post-mortem
(Information supplied by Findagrave contributor Sally Kapadia #49190130)
The Commission are in the process of producing a special memorial to commemorate him as it is not possible to mark his grave.
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMRCGR_St_Marys_Church_Pitstone_BucksFIND A GRAVESt. Mary's Churchyard Pitstone, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191671623/arthur-cookSandra
