Major John Cook VC - 5th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN THE COUNTY OF : LINCOLNSHIRE

Name Bryan,
BUDD		 Gilbert Stuart Martin,
INSALL		 Charles Richard,
SHARPE
Rank Corporal Group-Captain Company Sergeant-Major
Force 3rd Bn, Parachute Regiment 11 Squadron Royal Flying Corps 2nd Bn The Lincolnshire Regiment
VC won Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan,
20 August 2006		 Near Achiet, France,
7 November 1915		 Aubers Ridge, France,
9 May 1915
London Gaz 14 December 2006 23 December 1915 29 June 1915
Born Belfast, Northern Ireland,
16 July 1977		 Paris, France,
14 May 1894		 Pickworth, Nr Sleaford,
2 April 1889
Died 20 August 2006,
Helmand Province, Afghanistan		 17 February 1972,
Scrooby, Yorkshire		 17 February 1963,
Workington, Cumbria
Grave Woodlands Crematorium, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire Nocton Churchyard ( headstone )
( Rose Hill Crematorium, Doncaster )		 Newport Cemetery, Lincoln
Location
of VC		 Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces Museum, Aldershot Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon South Kesteven District Council
( Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln )
Remarks Killed during his VC action MC None

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