Charles Cook

A Lance Corporal with the 11th Battalion, Charles died on 1st of October 1918 at the age of 23. 

Charles was born at Lowestoft in 1895, a son of James and Jane Anne Cook. He was baptised at Saint John’s Church on 3 January 1896 and his family lived at 98 Clemence Street. In 1901 his family lived at 43 Clemence Street. Charles attended Hervey Street School and, from 2 February 1903, was a pupil at Saint John’s School. In 1911 his family lived at 28 Stevens Street and Charles was a milk can ‘hand’ with a dairy. 

On 6 September 1914 Charles married Christina Dorothy Susannah Ayers at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft. Charles was a mariner, and they were both living at Melbourne Road. By 1917 their address was 15 Stevens Street. In 1919 Christina married Ernest Williams and lived at 10 Beach Street, Pakefield, Lowestoft. 

Charles enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 43035. Charles served with the 4th Battalion, then the 7th Battalion, then the 12th Battalion, before being posted to the 11th Battalion. 

There is no information to say when, or how, Charles was wounded, but he died of his wounds on 1 October 1918.