Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookith three clasps, and the King's medal with two clasps; and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Dec. 1914, to 9 May, 1915, when he was wounded and taken prisoner at Ypres, and died in London, 7 Sept. 1915, after exchange as an incapacitated prisoner of war; _unm._ =CONNETT, HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 885), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CONNOLLY, EDWARD=, Corpl. No. 90396, R.F.A., 3rd _s._ of Thomas Connolly, of 16, Mary Street, Sunderland, Riveter, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Peter Patrick, of Sunderland; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, 7 Nov. 1890; educ. National School there; was employed at Priestman's, Sunderland; joined the R.G.A. (T.F.) and rose to the rank of Sergt., taking his discharge in June, 1914, as medically unfit; rejoined 16 Aug. following for the period of the war, and died of wounds, 12 Dec. 1915, received in a farmhouse near Ypres; _unm._ He was buried in O-Beal Cemetery. [Illustration: =Edward Connolly.=] =CONWAY, JOHN=, L.-Corpl. No. 73535, D Coy., 28th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Patrick Conway, of Ivy Cottage, Ennistymon, co. Clare, ex-Sergt. Royal Irish Constabulary, by his wife, Hanna, dau. of William O'Sullivan, Bonane, Kenmare, co. Kerry; _b._ Iries, Castletownbere, co. Cork, 13 July, 1874; educ. Bantry and Castletownbere; enlisted in the Grenadier Guards about 1894, and served with the Sudan Expedition, including the Battle of Omdurman and the capture of Khartoum; and through the South African war, 1899-1902 (receiving three medals). He then went to Canada about 1906 and settled in Ottawa, and was working on the railroad, but on the outbreak of the European war joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, came over with the second contingent, and was killed in action in Belgium, 17 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was in charge of a machine gun, when a shell fell within 15 yards of his post, killing him and three more instantly. His commanding officer, Major C. R. Hill, wrote: "He was a splendid soldier, and on the 16th had been promoted L.-Corpl. He died at his post, and no man could do more." [Illustration: =John Conway.=] =CONWAY, JOHN CHARLES=, Mechanician, 282316, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =COOK, ALFRED JOHN=, A.B., 211035, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COOK, BERNARD HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 2361, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Frederick Thomas Cook, of Harleston; _b._ Harlesden, N.W., 11 Dec. 1895; educ. Upper Latymer School, Hammersmith, and the Polytechnic, Regent Street; joined The Rangers, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, being buried in Menin cemetery, near St. Eloi. He was just finishing his three years' course as an architectural student. =COOK, EDGAR PRESTON=, Corpl., No. 6780, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Robert Cook, of Loring, Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Rovy, dau. of John Currie; _b._ 6 Feb. 1896; educ. Loring Public School; enlisted 23 Sept. 1914; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to the Front, 7 Feb. 1915; was commended by his Commanding Officer, 4 June, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field at the Battle of St. Julien, and promoted Corpl., and was killed in action at Festubert, France, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ =COOK, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./1323, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept 1914. =COOK, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2642, 1/7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of George Cook, of Thornley, Fruiterer and Florist, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Peel; _b._ Thornley, co. Durham, 12 Jan. 1891; educ. Council School there, Henry Smith's Secondary School, Hartlepool, and the Training College for Teachers, Sunderland, 1909-11, and having obtained his certificate was appointed assistant master at the Thornley Council School, which post he held at the outbreak of war. While going through his course at Sunderland Training College he had joined the Territorial Battn. of the Durham L.I., and on 9 Sept. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service. He left Gateshead for France on 19 April, and on arrival the Durham L.I. were immediately sent up to the trenches at Ypres, and he was killed in action there on Whit Monday, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His body was found six weeks afterwards in front of the first line of trenches and buried by a comrade. His yr. brother, Private Percy Cook, Durham L.I., also a trained teacher, was killed in action on the Somme, 27 July, 1916. [Illustration: =Edward Cook, Durham L.I.=] =COOK, EDWARD PERCY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17952, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COOK, ERNEST VICTOR=, Private, No. 656, 90th Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Thurstan Cook, of 16, Killarney Road, Wandsworth, S.W., formerly of Ryder Street, St. James', Military Boot Maker, by his wife Lucy, dau. of John Palmer; _b._ Wandsworth, 16 May, 1887; educ. Sir Walter St. John's School, Battersea, and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs. Tyser & Co., shipping insurance agents, and afterwards of Lloyds. Leaving for Canada in Nov. 1910, he was for a time at Montreal, and then went to Winnipeg. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he immediately joined the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, and came to England with the first Canadian contingent, which arrived at Plymouth, 14 Oct. 1914. After training on Salisbury Plain during the winter months, he went to the Front early in 1915, and during the heavy fighting at Ypres, 22-25 April, suffered badly from gas poisoning, but recovered and was in the trenches again in May. He was hit by shrapnel at the Battle of Festubert on 20 May, 1915, and died a few hours later, being buried in Bethune Town Cemetery; _unm._ =COOK, FRANCIS JOSHUA=, Cook's Mate, M. 2956, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COOK, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 10356, 2nd South Wales Borderers, only _s._ of William Cook, of 15, Tre-Edwards, Rhymney, Brewery Worker, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Aaron Powell; _b._ Rhymney, 11 Aug. 1891; educ. there; enlisted 23 Feb. 1910; served in South Africa, 31 Jan. 1912-3 Oct. 1912; North China, Oct. 1912 (including Battle of Tsing-Tau); and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Frederick Cook.=] =COOK, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7105, A Coy., 1st Battn. Norfolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Cook, of 30, Long Street, Ipswich, by his wife, Amelia, dau. of James Thorrington; _b._ Ipswich, 12 Nov. 1891; educ. there; joined the Special (Army) Reserve in 1911; _d._ 11 July, 1915, from wounds received in action at Blauvepoort, near Ypres; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, 2nd Lieut. Kenney, writing on 12 July, said: "He was working in the trenches the night before last when a bullet struck him in the back, af |