Uncategorised, Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1440

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Willie Cook d. 1918

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Willie Cook / Aged 34 / Lost with H M Trawler / “Agate" in the English / Channel March: 14: 1918'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: H M Trawler Agate

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Cook, Willie
Age: 34
Date of Death: 14/3/1918
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Dock hand
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: 'Agate' minesweeper, mined and sunk in the English Channel 14 March 1918

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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