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F.Sgt. Michael Arthur Cook . Royal Canadian Air Force 50 Sqd. from Welland,Ontario,Canada (d.6th Nov 1944) Michael Cook joined the airforce in Hamilton, Ontario on July 22 1943. He was 68 inches tall weighed 132 lbs. He trained in air gunner unit 10 B & G Mount Pleasant PEI . In six months he weighed 143 lb. He completed his training Jan 14 1944 as an air gunner and went overseas. His personal record states he was "fair Material" Motivation fair, very anxious to be part of any aircrew. Athletic build, will probably do well. Later it was written "This chap has tried hard for a long time to get into aircrew, in my opinion he deserves a chance, he has a pleasant manner, he realizes conditions of selection at manning and will do his best to succeed at whatever selected for. Should be good material"
He was posted to Upper Heyford, Burford and St. John, England. He flew in Wellingtons, learning to fly in formation, cross country and in familiarization runs day and night.
In Sept 1944 he started flying in Sterlings on bombing raids and in OCT Lancaster bombers. He was a sergeant by this time with 50 Squadron at Skellingthorpe. Lancaster III were his machines now. He was rear gunner. He flew cross country and on Oct 19th flew to Neuremburg Marshalling yards in Germany on a night run of 8 hours. Two days later he flew to Flushing and on Oct 28th went to Bergen to bomb submarine pens, another 7 hr night flight. He was now up to 150 hours of flying. November 1944 saw him flying exclusively at night to Hamburg. On Nov 6, this the last flight mentioned in his log book, he had flown a total of 100.25 hrs daylight and 90.35 hrs night. The crew of seven left in a Lancaster aircraft and failed to return from an operational attack on Gravenhurst, Germany. It left base at 16.19 hours on Nov 6th 1944; after no further news was received he was declared MIA in Nov 1944. Later it was learned he was shot down over Holland. Dutch people buried the aircrew in Heerde, Holland. An extract from German Tottenliste @264 and forwarded by the International Red Cross states that 7 were killed on Nov 6th 1944. His fellow crew men were Sgt Ralph Dowling,Toronto, Sgt George Dunkleman, Midland, Fred Horning,Toronto, Bob Rennie PEI, George Ferris BC.
They are buried in Heerde Cemetery, 9 miles SW Zwolle, Hollland. There is also a cenotaph in his hometown that bears his name. His brother John visited the grave after the war and John's daughter and husband visited in 2005.
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Flt.Sgt. Norman Wallace Cook . Royal Air Force 114 Squadron from York (d.5th July 1941) I have a photo of the grave of F/Sgt Cook probably taken 1940/50's.
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Flt.Sgt. Norman Wallace Cook . Royal Air Force 114 Squadron (d.5th Jul 1941) Norman Wallace Cook was the son of William and Lilian Cook (sister of my husband's grandfather) and husband of Murielle Raie Cook. From research it would appear that Sergeant Cook together with his crew of Sergeant W. Jenkins and Sergeant B.W.F. Bates took off in formation to attack floating dock and shipping in Bergen Harbour. His Bristol Blenheim IV was either shot down or crashed. Norman was aged 27 at the date of his death, Bates W.Op/Air Gunner was aged 20. Unfortunately there is no information regarding Sergeant Jenkins. Sergeant Cook and Sergeant Bates rest locally in Mollendal Church Cemetery, Bergen, and Sergeant Jenkins is commemorated at Runnymede Memorial.
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Norman Cook . Royal Navy St Angelo from Newcastle
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F/O P. Cook . Royal Air Force 10 Sqd.
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Philip Alfred Cook . Royal Navy HMS Nelson
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PM Cook . British Army PM Cook served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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R Cook . British Army Royal Armoured Corps R Cook served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Dvr. Ronald Cecil Warner Cook . British Army 73rd Coy. Army Service Corps from Southport
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Roy William Cook . British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians My grandad, Roy Cook, told me he watched lots of his friends die on Sword Beach and was hit three times in his back. He told me they were ambushed. They sent him home and patched him up sent him back to front line! Grandad didn't talk about war as it wasn't something pleasant. Shame grandad died in his late 80s and his memories have gone with him. Miss you grandad and thank you xx.
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AB. Stanley William James "Cookie" Cook . Royal Navy HMS Hunter from Plymouth My late father also served on HMS Hunter at the battle of Narvic and was marched into Sweden by the Germans in those icy conditions of mid April 1940
I know the Germans made him sign a declaration promising never to engage the enemy again and during his capture he made a couple of unsuccessful attempts to escape
He returned to Devonport Naval Dockyard late 1943 where he served out the remainder of the war in HMS Drake a shore base but never liked it He resided in Devonport After the war he joined the Merchant navy He passed away in 1990 in Plymouth Devon
If any surviving ship-members can recall my Dad -Stanley Cook (cookie)please let me know
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Gdsmn. Thomas Cook . British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.23rd-25th Dec 1942)
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V Cook . British Army V Cook served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Flt Lt Walter Herbert Cook . RCAF pilot 433 Sqd. from Canada (d.2nd Dec 1944)
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Walter Cook . British Army 296 Field Company Royal Engineers
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Gnr. Wilfred Bernard "Cookie" Cook . British Army 86th Anti Tank Regt. Royal Artillery from Plymouth (d.4th May 1945) My mother's first husband, was Wilf Cook, he was killed in, or near Hamburgh on the last day of hostilities in NW Europe, and my poor mother received the telegram with news of his death on VE Day, when most people were celebrating the end of the war in Europe. He had originally been in the Devonshire Regt (5th TA Battalion) before the war, and was re-mustered into the Royal Artillery in about 1942, like so many other men at that time, as a result of the British Army re-organising itself, in order to fight a modern war more effectively. He landed on Juno Beach on D-Day, and fought his way through Caen, Holland and then into the German Heartland, and was killed on the eve of the cesstation of hostilities. If anyone can help me put together a more complete picture, of Wilf's units activities, and his own personnal story, my mother, brother and myself would be extremely gratefull.
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Pte. William Thomas Cook . Australian Army
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F/Lt. William Bernard Cook . Royal Air Force 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron from Rhodesia My father, William Cook served with 44th Squadron during the Second World War, he flew with Nettleton etc. We have his log book and are trying to find details.
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Sgt. William Arthur Cook . Royal New Zealand Air Force 138 Sqdn. (d.14th April 1943)
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L/Cpl. Austin Vaughan Cooke . 2nd Australian Imperial Force My late father, L/Clp Austin Vaughan Cooke, of 2/2nd AIF was captured on Crete, ending up at Stalag VIIIB. I have some photos along with some other items including his army dog tag together with his prisoner ID 8016 for Front Stalag 183.
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Charles Arthur John Cooke . British Army King's Dragoon Guards My father was a POW at Tittmoning Castle (Oflag 7D) during WWII. He had served in India.
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Pte. Dennis Raymond Cooke . British Army Seaforth Highlanders My father Dennis Cooke served in the Seaforth Highlanders during the Second World War and was very proud to have done so. He was injured in France by shrapnel and that ended his army career. My father sadly passed away in February 1985.
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Sgt. Ed M. Cooke . 102 Squadron I was really interested in the story of Sgt."Maxie" C. Miller as a couple of us have been looking for him for years and thought the article may have had a lead to his location. I have a number of photos with the names as I remember them, bear in mind that early in the war the taking of pictures was much frowned upon, but have quite alot from the following years.  Standing:- Sgt.J Fraser; Sgt.A.Jagger; not known; Sgt. E Borsberry; not known. Sitting:- Sgt.C.Miller; Sgt.G.Davidson  Outside "A"Flight crewroom, Standing:- Ed Cooke; not known Sitting:- not known ; Sgt.W Swain; not known; Sgt. D Cramp Outside "A"Flight crewroom. S/Ldr J G Walker (My skipper);P.O Bennett:F.O.Williams;Sgt Ed Cooke; Sgt.W Swain   Outside "A"Flight crewroom. Junior Braybrook shooting a line.  Aircrew were not allowed to live on Station so were billeted at Skellfield House a private girls schools pre-war, located through the village of Topcliffe on the Ripon road, sans girls. Taken from the swimming pool looking at the west side.  Don Sills and Eric Borsberry on the east side of Skellfield House.  In the garden on east side of Skellfield House, Sgt Alec Jagggers and Sgt Duncan  Skellfield House 1941, Sgt Alec Jagggers and Sgt Ed Cooke I joined 102 Squadron at Topcliffe in May 1941,the Seargants Mess was really crowded as 77 Squadron was also there,as regards losses, this will give you a little idea:- June 6 aircraft lost complete with crews 1 aircraft lost on return July 6 aircraft lost complete with crews 1 aircaft lost on return, I was in that one and we just made the coast of Norfolk,So this will give you some idea of the losses and from what I have read 102 Squadron suffered some of the highest losses at that time. The latter part of July replacements came in,the first from the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and mostly Canadians, Fl Sgt Thomas McIlquham "Mac" came in with another input in August and actually on Aug 18th, from some records I have. His first trip was to Cologne on the 24th and the next one to Essen on the 31st. and that is the extant of the records I have,and this was all on Whitley Vs. "Mac" was in "A" Flight the same as I and of course got to know him although he was a little different from most of the boys, being a little dour, probably because I think that he was a little older than most of us, one thing was a must, everyone left him alone when he returned to billets after visiting the local pubs, but other than that we all got along just fine. November and we moved to Dalton while they put runways in at Topcliffe, also I went on leave and came back to find that my crew had gone, I flew with the Flight Commander S/Ldr.Walker so F/Lt.Griffiths was elevated to S/Ldr.and took over the flight. Meanwhile with the advent of the new year we began conversion to the Halifax11s and S/Ldr.Griffith formed a new crew, I was the W/OP, Mac was our tail gunner, Ed.Brain was navigator, Ted Waddicor was Flight Engineer,cant remember who was upper gunner. Think I only did six trips with Mac, did two or three nurseries and then was posted to Kinloss and instructing there. This is the last I saw of Mac, but heard about him when attending the first re-union of 102 Squadron Association in Nottingham in 1983. A fellow who new Mac and stopped in to visit him after the war told me that Mac and a son went ice fishing, drove on the lake, the ice gave way and they were drowned, so that is all that I can tell you about Mac, although I did hear from boys who were on the Squadron later that he was taken off Ops,because he was taking a big flashlight with him trying to lure in fighters,think this must have been true as I have heard it from more than one source. 3rd.from left S/Ldr/Griffith,pilot: 4th.Sgt.A.E.Waddicor, flight engineer:5th from left Fl Sgt Thomas McIlquham "Mac" I was the W/Op.on the crew. This photo taken during the time at RAF Dalton. |
Ed Cooke . Royal Air Force 102 Sqd. I joined 102 Squadron at Topcliffe in May 1941,the Seargants Mess was really crowded as 77 Squadron was also there,as regards losses, this will give you a little idea:- June 6 aircraft lost complete with crews 1 aircraft lost on return July 6 aircraft lost complete with crews 1 aircaft lost on return, I was in that one and we just made the coast of Norfolk,So this will give you some idea of the losses and from what I have read 102 Squadron suffered some of the highest losses at that time. The latter part of July replacements came in,the first from the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and mostly Canadians, Fl Sgt Thomas McIlquham "Mac" came in with another input in August and actually on Aug 18th, from some records I have. His first trip was to Cologne on the 24th and the next one to Essen on the 31st. and that is the extant of the records I have,and this was all on Whitley V's. "Mac" was in "A" Flight the same as I and of course got to know him although he was a little different from most of the boys, being a little dour, probably because I think that he was a little older than most of us, one thing was a must, everyone left him alone when he returned to billets after visiting the local pubs, but other than that we all got along just fine. November and we moved to Dalton while they put runways in at Topcliffe, also I went on leave and came back to find that my crew had gone, I flew with the Flight Commander S/Ldr.Walker so F/Lt.Griffiths was elevated to S/Ldr.and took over the flight. Meanwhile with the advent of the new year we began conversion to the Halifax11's and S/Ldr.Griffith formed a new crew, I was the W/OP, Mac was our tail gunner, Ed.Brain was navigator, Ted Waddicor was Flight Engineer,can't remember who was upper gunner. Think I only did six trips with Mac, did two or three nurseries and then was posted to Kinloss and instructing there. This is the last I saw of Mac, but heard about him when attending the first re-union of 102 Squadron Association in Nottingham in 1983. A fellow who new Mac and stopped in to visit him after the war told me that Mac and a son went ice fishing, drove on the lake, the ice gave way and they were drowned, so that is all that I can tell you about Mac, although I did hear from boys who were on the Squadron later that he was taken off Ops,because he was taking a big flashlight with him trying to lure in fighters,think this must have been true as I have heard it from more than one source.
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Pte. Edward George "Knocker" Cooke . Army I do not have much detail as Dad never spoke about his time as POW he was captured at Dunkirk and sent to Poland he was there five years. His brother Ron was also captured at the same time. I do not know his Regmt. Does anyone know anything about these two? Regards Anne.
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Pte. Edward George Cooke . British Army Worcestershire Regiment from Sambourne, Warks My dad, Edward George Cooke, was a private in the Second World War.
He was taken prisoner at Dunkirk along with his brother, Ron, both in the Worcestershire Regiment. Dad was held at Marienburg Poland. POW 11183.
Stalag XXB Marlbruck E Prussia. They both survived the Camps.
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Trpr. Frank Cooke . British Army 1st Btn., 2nd Troop King's Dragoon Guards from Streethouse My father, Frank Cooke, tried to enlist in 1940 but was too young so joined the Home Guard. He enlisted in 1942 when he was almost 18 and stayed in the Army through the rest of World War 2 and was then deployed to Palestine from the end of the war until late 1946.
I have all his medals, photographs and various paperwork but as he rarely spoke about his service I requested his service record. Anyone who has done this will know what I mean when I say it may as well have been written in tongues! I have, however, found a very kind man who has volunteered to attempted to decipher it for me.
I am very proud of my father's service for his king and country.
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Harry Cooke . British Army South Staffordshire Regiment from Lodge Road, Birmingham My uncle, Harry Cooke, had a row of medals. I remember he was at Arnham and he was in a POW camp. I remember he had letters every year from a Polish organization. He lived in Lodge Road, Birmingham after the War. Something keeps me thinking he was in the South Staffs Regiment. He died in his eighties after a burglar broke in and stole all his medals. Just wondering if anyone can add to this.
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F/Sgt. J. C. Cooke . Royal Canadian Air Force 103 Squadron (d.29th Nov 1944) On the night of 31st of Oct/1st of Nov 1944, 103 Squadron Lancaster I LL964 PM-H "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", was hit by flak. The crew was ordered to bail out. Pilot F/S Cooke and F/S McCoubray (who had deployed his parachute inside the aircraft) belly landed the aircraft at St-Gerard, Namur, without causing injury to these two men. Melvin Orr hurt his ankle upon reaching the ground.
The entire crew made it back to England within a month. Unfortunately the crew was aboard the Lancaster III PB465 PM-F "Mudpool Maggie II" the night of 29th of November 1944. The aircraft was involved in a midair collision with a 550 Squadron Lancaster. Damage was so severe that control was lost immediately.
Crewmembers who perished: F/S M O Orr RCAF, F/S J C Cooke RCAF, Sgt E W McGrath (Irish), F/S J A Goff RCAF, WO2 F I R B Hill RCAF, F/S J H C McCoubrey RCAF. F/O G T Mortimer survived and became a POW. The men who died are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
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JTE Cooke . British Army Sherwood Foresters JTE Cooke served with the Sherwood Foresters British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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