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Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
Samuel Cook
1914/03/28 - Born Nottingham
Son of William and Mary Cook
Attended Carlton National and Higher Standard Schools
Worked at Gedling Colliery
1934 - Enlisted
Next of kin: Mrs Willock, Chandos House, Chandos Street, Netherfield, Nottinghamshire
Royal Artillery
7th Coast Regiment
Service
Samuel was transported to Singapore 1937.
1941/12/08 - Japanese invade Malaya, Britain declared war on Japan.
The 7 Coast manned guns at:-
- Beting Kusha Battery - 2x6inch guns
- Jahore Battery- 3x15inch guns, two of which were used against the Japanese as they could be turned to target them on Jahore and Singapore.
The 7th Coast Battery was within the 9th Coast Regiment, manning the 15inch guns of Jahore Battery, and the 22nd Battery manning the 9.2inch guns on Pulau Tekong, being the nearest to the mainland.
After the causeway was blown the 7 Coast’s 31 Battery RA and 7th Battery HKSRA were situated on the West side of Singapore City.
1942/03/09 - WO 417/39, Casualty List No.766. Reported ‘Missing’.
1943/11/25 - WO 417/68, Casualty List No. 1300. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 766 as Missing, 15/02/1942. Previously shown with Rank as Acting Battery Quartermaster Sergeant. Should Read ‘War Substantive Battery Quartermaster Sergeant’
Japanese PoW
1942/02/15 - Captured Singapore
PoW No. IV 3876
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/23:-
1130 hours, kit inspection by Commanding Officer
1400 hours, kit inspection by Japanese at Road Junction
1942/10/24:-
1200 hours, parade for march to station
1750 hours, Train leaves Singapore station
Transported overland to Thailand with ‘Y’ Letter Party, Train 1
18th Train from Singapore to Thailand
With 650 PoWs (Adam Park 80, Changi 200, Sime Road 370)
Commander Major P.S.F. Jackson, 7 Coast Regiment, RA
Attached to Group 4 12 (H) Work Battalion under Maj. Jackson, 7 Coast Regt.
New PoW No. 4882
Died
Age 28
1943/02/04
Cause of Death Malaria and Dysentery
Buried Tonchan Main Cemetery, Grave No. 41
After the war Samuel was re-entered in a Commonwealth Cemetery
Loved Ones
Son of George and Mary Cook, of Netherfield, Nottinghamshire
Memorial
8. C. 10.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER. ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS. LOVE, MAM
Information
Aes King
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/1520, WO 361/2172, WO 345/11, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/1987, WO 361/2235, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2068, WO 361/2184,
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