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Surname: HOOK
Forename(s): Cyril Walter Keenan
Place of Birth: Sialkot, India
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Manchester Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 16th (Service) Battalion. (1st City)
Division: 30th Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1917-04-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. E. 9.
CWGC Cemetery: WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Cyril Walter Keenan Hook was the son of Joseph John and Katherine Margaret Hook, née Keenan. Joseph was born at Giggleswick, Yorkshire, the son of William Field and Jane Hook. Katherine was born at Bangalore, India.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 2/Lt; Capt C.W.K. Hook, 16th Man. Regt. Theatre of War: [ - ]. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 8.11.15. K. in A. 23.4.17. Applicaton for 1914-15 Star forwarded by J.J. Hook Esq in respect of his late son. Correspondence: Address [1]: 24, Whalley Grove, Whalley Range, Manchester. Address [2]: Tata Hydro, E.C. Supply Co. Tatas House, Lanalda, Bombay.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2/Lt; Capt C.W.K. Hook, Manchester Regiment. Date of Disembarkation: 8.11.15 (1) [France]. K. in A. 23.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Capt C.W.K. Hook, 16 Manchester Regiment. Date and Place of Death: 23.4.17. In Action. To whom issued/Amount: Administratrix - Mrs Catherine Margaret Hook. £159 17s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Cyril not found.
Cyril is commemorated on the Manchester Municipal College of Technology Memorial in the Sackville Building, University of Manchester and Mather and Platt Limited (Manchester) War Memorial.
The informal title of the 16th (Service) Bn Manchester Regiment (1st City) was the 1st Manchester Pals.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SETTLE
HOOK, Captain Cyril, aged 21, Manchester Regiment, grandson of late Sergeant Major Hook, Settle, killed in action April 23, 1918 [sic].
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Captain Cyril Walter Keenan HOOK
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Manchester Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 30th Division
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Captain Cyril Walter Keenan Hook
This photograph of Cyril is included in the book: ‘Zero Hour Z Day - XIII Corps Operations between Maricourt and Mametz’ by Jonathan Porter (2017).
© IWM (HU 123422)
Mather and Platt Limited War Memorial (Manchester)
© Mike Berrell (WMR-16023)
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18 May 1917
HOOK – April 23rd 1917, killed in action in France, Captain Cyril Hook, Manchester Regiment, second son of Sergt.-Major and Mrs. Hook, late of Bangalore, and grandson of the late Sergt.-Major Hook of Settle, aged 21 years.
18 May 1917
SETTLE – THE LATE CAPTAIN HOOK
The death in action of Capt. Cyril Hook took place on April 23rd last. He was the second son of Sergt.-Major and Mrs. Hook (late of Bangalore) and grandson of the late Sergt.-Major Hook of Settle. He was twenty-one years of age. He joined the Manchester Regiment as 2nd Lieut. and went to the Front in November 1915, being wounded in the July advance, but returned to active service again in November last. In a letter written by his fellow officer to his mother, Capt. W. F. Clark, A.P.M. states:– “Captain Hook had a position to take, and led his men without a falter: he was a splendid officer, and loved by all who knew him.”
Before the outbreak of war he was with Messrs. Mather and Platt, of Manchester, and a member of the Broughton Park Rugby Club.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' – CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
CAPTAIN C. HOOK
Manchester Regiment, a grandson of the late Sergeant-Major Hook, of Settle. Killed in action April 23rd, 1917, aged 21 years.
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18 May 1917
SETTLE
THE LATE CAPTAIN HOOK – The death in action of Capt. Cyril Hook took place on April 23rd last. He was the second son of Sergt.-Major and Mrs. Hook (late of Bangalore) and grandson of the late Sergt.-Major Hook, of Settle. He was 21 years of age. He joined the Manchester Regiment as second-lieutenant, and went to the front in November, 1915, being wounded in the July advance. He returned to active service again in November last. In a letter written to his mother his fellow officer, Capt. W. F. Clark, A.P.M., states:– "Capt. Hook had a position to take, and led his men without a falter; he was a splendid officer, and loved by all who knew him.” Before the outbreak of war he was with Messrs. Mather and Platt, of Manchester, and a member of the Broughton Park Rugby Football Club.
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