Lance Corporal Frank Cooke

Army Number : 15161

Battalion : 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Whittington, Derbyshire and lived at Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Husband of Lily Cooke. He enlisted at Chesterfield and went to France 16th October 1915 and was killed in action, 3rd May 1916, during the German shelling of the trenches near Ploegsteert, Belgium.

Buried : Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France. Plot 9. Row G. Grave 7.

Lance Corporal Frank Cooke is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Thomas the Apostles Church War Memorial, Brampton, Chesterfield.