COOK, George Edgar David

George Cook was the son of John and Agnes Cook of 48 The Dock and attended Valley Road School, Lye . He enlisted in the Worcesters and was sent to the 3rd Battalion. He had been recently called up and was probably part of the reinforcement after the huge casualties of the 1918 German Spring offensives. The 3rd Battalion had lost heavily in April and May but came back to the front line for the Advance to Victory. In September the Hindenburg Line was broken and the Worcesters pushed forward to the River Selle, the next obstacle. German resistance was strong and fighting patrols were sent out on the 18th October to ascertain enemy strength. In the course of such a patrol Private George Cook was killed in action. He is buried in Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension (III B 18) near Solesmes and is commemorated on the Lye and Wollescote, Lye church and Valley Road school Memorials.