First Name: | James | Last Name: | COOK | |
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Date of Death: | 26/03/1918 | Lived/Born In: | Barnes | |
Rank: | Assistant Steward | Unit: | RFA Lady Cory Wright | |
Memorial Site: | Plymouth Naval Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-17 13, Lillian Road, Barnes
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel, the Lady Cory-Wright was a 2,500 ton merchant ship that was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914. On March 26th, 1918, she left Plymouth for Malta laden depth charges, primers, torpedo detonators and mines; a floating arsenal. She had not got far, only 14 miles south-west of the Lizard in Cornwall, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-17. An enormous explosion took place and she sank with the loss of all her crew except one man who was found clinging to a floating mine. James Cook was one of the crew who did not survive. |
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