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Name William A OFFEN   
Rank/Number Private   3279
Regiment Middlesex Regiment   12th Battalion
Enlisted Fulham 
Age/Date of death 21      25 Apr 1916 
How died/Theatre of war Died of wounds   France & Flanders
Last known address Hammersmith, London 
Cemetery Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France 
Grave or Memorial Reference I.A.25 
Possible Location Buckingham not on War Memorial
Date/Place of birth c1895      Fulham, Middx
Date/Place of baptism  
Pre-war occupation of Casualty bricklayers labourer 
Parents James & Charlotte J (Lottie) Offen
Parent's occupation bricklayer
Parents' Address (last known) 1911: Preston Bissett 
Wife  
Wife's Address (last known)  
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 

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