080 of 876 2091 Pte George Cook 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment Died 14th September 1915 aged 18

Son of George cook of 19 Leverington Road Wisbech  

He worked as a Corporation Labourer before the war.

Machine Gunner George Cook was wounded on 20th June and was in hospital for three weeks in Rouen when he progressed rapidly towards recovery. He was then moved to Military Hospital Birmingham where he progressed over the next two weeks. He then was transferred to Queens Hospital Birmingham but he died on 14th September of Cerebra-Spinal Meningitis known as Spotted Fever.

Pte George Cook is remembered with Honour at Wisbech (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery and buried in Wisbech General (Leverington Road) Cemetery

Wisbech machine Gunners Death 

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Machine Gunner George Cook of 19 Leverington Road Wisbech. The late Gunner Cook who was only 19 years of age joined the Wisbech Company on 3rd August 1914. He was wounded on 20th June and was in hospital for 3 weeks at Rouen when he progressed rapidly towards recovery. He was then moved to the Military Hospital at Birmingham and for two weeks got on well. Then he became a victim to cerebro-spinal meningitis or spotted fever. Where he was then transferred to Queens Hospital Birmingham for special cases. The attack of the proved fatal and he died on 14th September. He was brought back to Wisbech for internment at the Borough Cemetery.

Keith Wainwright