Date of birth:

October 9th, 1889 (Hardinxveld/Giessendam)

Date of death:

May 3rd, 1943 (Rotterdam)

Nationality:

Dutch

Cornelis Willem de Kok, then living at Stationsweg 135 in Sliedrecht, was a carpenter at the Merwede Shipyard in Hardinxveld. On 3 May 1943, he was sentenced to death by the Police Standings Court in Rotterdam for ‘far-reaching participation in the strike at the Merwede Shipyard in Hardinxveld near Dordrecht’.

He was executed along with 9 others immediately afterwards and buried at an unknown place.

His name is included in the Erelijst van Gevallenen and is also mentioned on a memorial board at the old office of the shipyard.

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• Photo: Cornelis Willem de Kok | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  
• - OGS Gedenkboek 36 - Amersfoort, Vught, Westerbork, Oorlogsgravenstichting.
  - Police stand court announcement.
  - https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/bronnen?term=cornelis willem de kok