Name	William A OFFEN
Rank/Number	Private  / 3279
Regiment/Unit	Middlesex Regiment / 12th Battalion
Enlisted	Fulham
Age/Date of death	21 / 25 Apr 1916
How died/Theatre of war	Died of wounds / France & Flanders
Residence at death	Hammersmith, London
Cemetery	Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France
Grave Reference	I.A.25
Location of memorial	Buckingham not on War Memorial
Date/Place of birth	c1895 / Fulham, Middx
Date/Place of baptism
Occupation of Casualty	bricklayers labourer
Parents/Occupation	James & Charlotte J (Lottie) Offen / bricklayer
Parents' Address	1911: Preston Bissett
Wife
Wife's Address
Notes	Military records are under the name of Walter Cook. Name on War Memorial is William A Cook. Known as Willie. Soldiers Effects gives mothers name as Charlotte J Offen. Family changed its name to Cook as Offen sounded Germanic. Brother of Albert Cook. Father born in Guernsey