John Jonah – Cook – Great Eastern Railway – Sapper – 09/04/1919
Title
John Jonah – Cook – Great Eastern Railway – Sapper – 09/04/1919
Initials / forenames
John Jonah
Surname
Cook
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Engineers (R.O.D.), 18th Light Railway Company
Military rank
Sapper
Military number
WR/262108
Railway department
Cambridge
Railway job
Porter
Date died
09/04/1919
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine: September 1919, p185
Memorial
St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens
Notes
Aged 39, son of John & Louisa Cook of Cambridge. He was with the GER for seventeen years. He entered the GER as a porter at Cambridge Heath and then was 'transferred to Cambridge in May, 1901'. He had enlisted in December 1916. He died in France.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society); Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
03/10/2016
Last updated
03/10/2016
Citation
“John Jonah – Cook – Great Eastern Railway – Sapper – 09/04/1919,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/58671.