SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH SIMILKAMEEN
Joseph Cooke
Service No. 826088
Born: March 4, 1872, Little Hulton, Lancashire, England
Died: July 20, 1917, France
Son of Henry & Amadine (Birtles) Cooke
Sister: Mrs. John Thomas (Lucy Ann) Moore of
Manchester, England
Private - 143 Battalion - Railway Construction
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles
Resting Place:
Barlin Communial Cemetary
Pas De Calais, France
Pte. Joseph Cooke
We know very little about Joseph Cooke before he came to Canada. He was raised in the mining area of Little Hulton, Lancashire, England where his father was a coal miner. His sister Lucy Ann, who was named as his next of kin, had married to John Thomas Moore in 1904 and was living in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Joseph was a miner in Princeton at the time of his enlistment in January of 1916. At only 5’ he was listed as “fit for bantams” and spent the first year overseas with the 143rd Railway Construction Battalion. He was transferred to the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles in March of 1917 and died in July the same year.
British War Medal & Victory Medal
Awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918 inclusive.
