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Historydevotee said:
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:

Name:COOKE, JOHN HOWARD
Initials:J H
Nationality:United Kingdom
Rank:Lieutenant
Regiment/Service:Army Service Corps
Unit Text:Mechanical Transport
Secondary Regiment:Royal Garrison Artillery
Secondary Unit Text:attd.
Age:25
Date of Death:09/10/1918
Additional information:Only son of William and Nancie Cooke, of The Thorns, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:IV. C. 18.
Cemetery:TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY
AndyBailey said:
Lt John Howard Cooke was born near Stockport in 1893, the only son of William & Nancie Cooke.
Gazetted to the 9th Bn Manchester Regiment as a Second Lt as of 14th November 1914.
Gazetted to the Army Service Corps as a Temporary Lt 19th June 1916.
Arrived in France on 11th August 1916.
Mother applied for his medals (BWM & VM) on 18th Febuary 1920.
John is commemorated on the Cheadle Hulme War Memorial.
Charlotte Czyzyk said:
Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/

Carol said:
Ye Olde King's Head, 48 - 50 Lower Bridge St., Chester CH1 1RS, England Constructed in about 1208, restored in 1935 and 1960's. In the 1881 Census the Innkeeper of the Kings Head Inn, 44, Lower Bridge Street, was James Grice, 31, with him were his wife Maria, 32, a Barman, George Percival and Domestic Servant, Ann Fieldstead.