Pvt.
Herbert
Percy
Pook
Born in Ninfield, Sussex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Eli Pook
and Fanny (Spray) Pook
Husband of
Ellen (Lingham) Pook
— married
Oct 1911 in Battle, Sussex, England
Father of
Winifred Joyce (Pook) Dray
Died
at about age 34
in Flanders, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jul 2015
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Biography
Herbert Percy Pook was born in January 1884 in Ninfield, Sussex, his father, Eli, was 29 and his mother, Fanny, was 29. He married Ellen Lingham in December 1911 in Bexhill, Sussex. They had one child during their marriage. He died as a young father on 12 October 1918 in France at the age of 34, and was buried there.
1891 Ninfield Sussex - Scholar 1901 Bexhill Sussex - Gardener 1911 Willingdon, Sussex - Gardener domestic
burial France & Flanders
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- 1891,1901,1911 census
England and Wales civil registration birth index 1837-1915 : 1884 Mar qtr District Hailsham County Sussex Vol 2b page 97 line 62
England and Wales civil registration Marriage index 1837-1915 : 1911 Dec qtr District Battle County Sussex Vol 2b page 99 line 37
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Herbert Percy Pook
Gender Male Rank Pte Record Type Card Death Date 12 Oct 1918 Service Number 55543 Corps, Regiment or Unit Machine Gun Corps Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description Other Ranks Died Ponting J-Pope W Reference Number X1/APW/14246 Next of Kin Next of Kin Name Relationship Herbert Percy Pook Ellen Pook Widow Winifred Joyce Pook Child
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Categories: Sussex, Roll of Honour
Military Year 1914-1920 Rank Private Company WO 329 Regiment or Corps Machine Gun Corps Regiment Number 55543 Medal Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal