Basic Details
Surname
Cook
Forenames
D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Cookson
Alternative forename
Douglas
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide all the details and the fact that the local press called him Cookson, unlike the memorial. A former pupil and art student who was working for the architectural department of Cumberland Council before he enlisted in January 1940. He survived fighting in North Africa and Italy only to die fighting ELAS.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Greece
Country of burial
Greece
Town of burial
Phaleron
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1944
Month of death
December
Day of death
13
Age at death
28
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action