Valentine Hook 175
- Born: 1895 May 22, Churt, Surrey, England 175
- Died: 1917 May 3, Pas de Calais, France aged 21 28,175
- Buried: 1917, Pas de Calais, France
 Noted events in his life were:
• Education: Westminster School.
• Military Service: Captain, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion, 1914-1917, United Kingdom. Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Son of Bryan and C. M. Hook (nee Dewrance), of King's Barton, Brixham, Devon. Born at Churt, Surrey. Educated at Westminster School.
• Cemetery: Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, 1917, Pas de Calais, France. HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
B. 18.
Location Information: Heninel is a village some 10 kilometres south-east of Arras (D33). The Cemetery is a little north-east of the village on the north side of the road from Heninel to Cherisy down a 500 metre track.
Historical Information: Heninel village was captured in a snowstorm on 12 April 1917 by the 56th (London) and 21st Division and the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, advancing from Heninel on the two following days, captured Wancourt Tower. The extension was begun by the 50th Division Burial Officer in April 1917 and was used by fighting units until the following November. Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension contains 140 burials of the First World War, seven of them unidentified.
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