BORN CATFIELD, NORFOLK 29/10/1890. SON OF CHARLES JOSEPH COOK (1860-1954) & CHARLOTTE ELIZA HANNANT (1863-1948), CATFIELD, GREAT YARMOUTH. SERVED AS A DECK HAND, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. DROWNED 05/11/1916, AGED 26.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY'S, LOWGATE ROH. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 26/08/1918.

Cantatrice, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverley in 1915 and hired at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 302 tons. On November 5th, 1916, Cantatrice was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-18 (Wilhelm Kiel), near Yarmouth (Norfolk). All 18 hands were lost.

1. AUBIN, CLIFFORD (19), Deck Hand (no. 1362SD), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of George and Jane Aubin, of 18, Kinley St., St. Thomas, Swansea. Native of Jersey, Channel Islands, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 2. BESSEY, WILLIAM (27), Trimmer (no. 5084TS), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Anna Maria Bessey, of 19, Melrose Avenue, Lordship Lane, Wood Green, London, and the late Robert Bessey, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. BLYTH, HENRY JAMES (16), Boy Cook (no. 624SBC), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Isaac James and Sarah Lydia Blyth, of 105, Beccles Rd., Gorleston, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. BOOTHMAN, PERCY (21), Telegraphist (no. Bristol Z/233), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Sarah Boothman, of 3, Crow Tree Lane, Daisy Hill, Bradford, Yorks, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 5. COLEMAN, MATTHEW WILLIAM (28), Second Hand (no. 2011SA), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Eger and Eliza Coleman; husband of Florence May Oldman (formerly Coleman) of 53, Reeve St., Lowestoft, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. COOK, BERTIE JOHN (24), Deck Hand (no. 7879DA), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Charles Joseph and Charlotte Eliza Cook, of Catfield, Gt. Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. DICKSON, THOMAS SEABORN DUDFIELD , Lieutenant, HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. DOUGHTY, CHARLEY , Second Hand (no. 1863SA), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 9. HACKFORD, ALEXANDER , Engineman (no. 3544ES), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 10. JACK, WILLIAM , Engineman (no. 3295ES), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 11. JOHNSON, SAMUEL (31), Deck Hand (no. 9889DA), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Husband of Edith Helen Johnson, of Holly Cottage, Repps, Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 12. MACLEOD, NORMAN (18), Deck Hand (no. 2481SD), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Angus and Flora Macleod, of Scalpay, Harris, Inverness-shire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 13. MACNIVEN, JOHN (27), Deck Hand (no. 4286SD), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Catherine Robertson Macniven, of Portwemyss, Islay, Argyllshire, and the late Archie Macniven, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 14. MCCUISH, JOHN (24), Deck Hand (no. 1154SD), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Norman McCuish, of Bernera, Lochmaddy, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 15. SADD, GEORGE ARTHUR (39), Petty Officer (no. 172730), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Fleet Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of May Sadd, of Norfolk; husband of Annie Sadd, of 4, Dorning St., Patricroft, Lancs. Service: RFR/CH/B/3841, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 16. SMITH, CHARLES GEORGE (33), Deck Hand (no. 511DA), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of George and Priscilla Smith, of Gt. Yarmouth, Norfolk; husband of Beatrice L. Smith, of 21, North St., Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 17. STANILAND, RONALD (23), Trimmer (no. 3306TS), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Son of Mrs. D. P. Staniland, of 12, Wollaston Rd., Cleethorpes, Lincs, and the late W. Staniland, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 18. WALKER, SQUIRE , Deck Hand (no. 1688DA), HMT Cantatrice, Royal Naval Reserve, 05/11/1916, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70300