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UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
about Leslie Leonard Cooke
Name:
Leslie Leonard Cooke
Birth Place:
Bermondsey, London
Death Date:
19 Apr 1917
Death Location:
Palestine
Enlistment Location:
Aldershot, Hants
Rank:
Rifleman
Regiment:
Hampshire Regiment
Battalion:
1/8th (T.F.) Battalion
Number:
331497
Type of Casualty:
Killed in action
Theatre of War:
Egyptian Theatre
Rifleman Leslie Leonard Cooke
Birth:unknown
Death:Apr. 19, 1917
Inscription:
Hampshire Regiment
Note: 331497
Burial:
Jerusalem Memorial
Jerusalem
Yerushalayim (Jerusalem District), Israel
Plot: Panels 28 and 29.
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Hampshire Regiment
1 div, 8th Battalion
1/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice's) Battalion
August 1914 : in Newport, Isle of Wight.
April 1915 : attached to 163rd Brigade in 54th (East Anglian) Division.
Landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 9 August 1915.
Evacuated from Gallipoli and moved to Egypt, arriving 19 December 1915. Moved into Palestine as part of EEF
Try contacting the Regiment and aks about the history
The Royal Hampshire Regiment was a British Army line infantry regiment from 1881 to 1992. Its lineage is continued today by the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
World War I
In World War I it took part in the Battle of Gallipoli when engaged in the fatal Landing at Cape Helles of the 88th Brigade, 29th (UK) Division.
The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum
Serle's House
Southgate Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 9EG
Tel: +44 (0)1962 863 658
Fax: 01962 888 302