Frederick John Cook (1911-1981)

Soldier

Service No:	7928467
Rank:	Trooper
Squadron:	B
Troop:	4th
Role:	Tank Driver (in the crew of John Brunt)
Known as:	Freddie
Service:	Posted to 23H on 18 Dec 1940. Left on 25 Sep 1945.
Images:	[Photo 1] [Photo 2, John Brunt's crew]

Civilian

Occupation:	Master Pork Butcher
Residence:	38 Westoe Road, South Shields, Durham (1939), 10 Harton Grove, South Shields (1946)
Birth:	3 Mar 1911 in Byker, Newcastle, Northumberland
Death:	registered Jun 1981 in Chichester, West Sussex
Marriage:	to Esther Howard (nee Corner) registered Mar 1937 in Sunderland, Durham
Children:	none
Images:	[Photo, 2nd left]
Press:	[Article]

Parents

Georg Fredrick Kuch (later Cook)	Marie Rosa Kress
Master Pork Butcher. 183 and 185 Church Street, Walker, Newcastle, Northumberland (1911). 27 Alice Street, Sunderland, Durham (1939). Birth 9 Mar 1883 in Alkertshausen, Germany. Death registered Dec 1957 in Sunderland, Durham.	Birth c.1882 in Schwabisch Hall, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Death 1916 in Alkertshausen, Germany.
Marriage registered Sep 1907 in Gateshead, Durham.

Notes

In a bizarre 'clerical error', Freddie was incorrectly listed in the 23H Story (page 272) as having been KIA in Antwerp on 4 Sep 1944. The actual casualty was Roy Cook of C Squadron.

Freddie is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.