156th Heavy Battery, RGA - 1916

[Michelle Young]

@Amk86

[yeokeith]

Excellent account of the demise of the two drivers.

[charlie962]

3 hours ago, ororkep said:

Here is what happened to Cooke and his compatriot Baker:

Good find.

[Amk86]

Wow thanks all, extremely interesting and even more so as we were barely aware of his existence 2 weeks ago. Obviously they were both young but I can’t seem to find a record of how long he’d been in the army for/any previous postings etc. where would be the best place for that information? Would it be in the Royal Artillery records somewhere? Thank you everyone. 

[charlie962]

11 minutes ago, Amk86 said:

Wow thanks all, extremely interesting and even more so as we were barely aware of his existence 2 weeks ago. Obviously they were both young but I can’t seem to find a record of how long he’d been in the army for/any previous postings etc. where would be the best place for that information? Would it be in the Royal Artillery records somewhere? Thank you everyone. 

There's a clever calculation done by @ss002d6252 Craig that uses the gratuity paid as recorded on Soldiers effects.(ancestry).

Can you post the extract from that Soldiers Effects please? @Amk86

Other records do not appear to have survived although there may be a Pension card

@Matlock1418 ?

Edited 18 November , 2023 by charlie962