Grave of Benjamin Cooke

Name: Benjamin Cooke

Number: M88 PLY/48

Rank: Marine

Unit: Royal Marines (H.M.S. Victory)

Date of Death: 5 November 1805

Location: Naval Hospital, Gibraltar

Country: Gibraltar

Notes: Joined H..S. Victory 18 April 1803 Dangerously wounded during the Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805, suffered gunshot wound and compound fractured. Admitted to Naval Hospital, Gibraltar. Died Gibraltar 5 November 1805