Private William Lewis Cooke

Private Cooke was born in Marston Trussell, Northamptonshire, c1898, son of Amos Cooke, a shepherd, and Ada Cooke.

His family moved to Kibworth, from where he enlisted. Although he was born in Northamptonshire and lived in Leicestershire, his regiment of enlistment was the Bedfordshire Regiment (7th Battalion), service number 202386.

He was aged 19 when he was killed on 10th August 1917.

He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Private Cooke is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) War Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 31 and 33.