| Content Note | Includes: Handwritten letter from Mrs. G.H. Cooke, widow of the casualty, to the Directorate Graves Registration and Enquiries (DGRE) stating that Private Cooke was buried in New Shoreham Cemetery, Section B, No. 20, and requesting the erection of a wooden cross on his grave, dated 29 October 1918; handwritten letter from G.D. Cooke, son of the casualty, to the IWGC requesting permission to bury his mother in Private Cooke’s grave when the time arrived, dated 4 December 1935; letter from the IWGC Secretary to G.D. Cooke permitting the burial of Private Cooke’s widow in the grave, dated 7 December 1935; letter from the IWGC Legal Adviser to the Clerk of the Council, Shoreham-by-Sea, outlining the four stipulations required to bury Mrs. Cooke in Private Cooke’s grave, dated 19 November 1958; letter from the IWGC Regional Director to the Clerk of the Council, Shoreham-by-Sea, explaining that no room to add an inscription commemorating Private Cooke’s widow was available and that G.D. Cooke would have to obtain the Commission’s permission to add an additional inscription, dated 11 December 1958. |