Gnr. Kenneth Herbert Cooke . British Army 4th Survey Regiment Royal Artillery from Hook, Swindon, Wilts My Father Kenneth Herbert Cooke enlisted in the Royal Artillery on the 29th of November 1939 and was posted to 41st Survey Regiment, at Preston Barracks, Brighton, then on the 29th of October 1940 he was posted to the 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment. He was Posted overseas to Beni Yuseff Eygpt, then to Greece, they were evacuated to Crete, evacuated to Alexandria, then to Tobruk captured as part of No2 composite battery. He was transferred to Italy as pow, then in 1943 transferred to Stalag 18c Wolfsburg /Markt Pongu Austria.
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LW. Leonard Ernest Cooke . Royal Navy H.M.S Lanka from Sanderstead (d.12th February 1944) Leonard Ernest Cooke is listed on our school's memorial at Battersea Grammar School, I was doing a school project and came across his name. All I know about him during the war was that he was a Leading Writer on H.M.S Lanka died on 12th of February 1944 Aged 30.
Before the war he lived in Sanderstead and was son of Fredrick Ernest and Margaret Cooke also husband of Beryl Joan Cooke and was a former pupil of Battersea Grammar School.
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LM Cooke . British Army LM Cooke 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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2Lt. Paul Cooke . British Army 1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry from Langley (d.28th May 1940) Like so many who lost treasured sons in service my grandparents, and indeed his sisters (one of which my mother), never spoke of the loss of Paul Cooke in the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal.
He died on 28th of May 1940 and it is only now that I have read about the significance of this event in the Dunkirk evacuation story. On the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, there is this statement on his page, 'Following the path of duty he passed beyond the sight of man'. I do not know how this statement came about. (This is the inscription on his grave stone chosen by his parents, editor)
Paul was 24, an Oxford graduate who represented Oxford and England in rugby. He played alongside Obolensky who became famous for enabling a rare win against New Zealand. Before the war Paul travelled to South America on rugby tours and seems to have been a bit of a debs delight on board ship.
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Pte. R S Cooke . British Army Welsh Regiment
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Pte. Richard Stanley Cooke . Army Welsh Regiment This is my Uncle Richard Cooke, he was captured in Crete and incarcerated in Lamsdorf and survived the Death March.
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Pte. Richard Stanley Cooke . British Army Welch Regiment from Ogmore, Vale I have been looking at copies of my uncle's diary and I believe he might have been a camp barber. He was also at Stalag 8b
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Pte. Ronald Cooke . British Army Worcestershire Regiment from Sambourne, Warks My uncle, Ron Cooke, served in the Worcestershire Regiment along with his brother Edward (my dad). They were both taken prisioner at Dunkirk
Ron was POW 11184, held at Stalag XXA Torun Poland. They both survived the Camps.
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Sgt. Albert Francis Coolman . British Army 7th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers from Northampton My grandfather, Albert Coolman, was wounded and captured at the Battle of Arnhem.
Any information to aid my research would be gratefully received.
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Warrant Officer H G Coombe . RNZAF 59 Squadron
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Lt. Peter John Coomber . British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Swanley
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Coombes . British Army North Staffordshire Regiment Coombes served with the North Staffordshire Regiment 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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Able Seaman. A. Coombes . Royal Navy HMS Forfar A. Coombes survived the sinking of HMS Forfar in 1940
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AH Coombes . British Army AH Coombes 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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Alfred Walter Coombes . Royal Air Force Alfred Coombes served as an air gunner.
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Able Seaman. J. Coombes . Royal Navy HMS Forfar J. Coombes is listed as one of those to survive the sinking of HMS Forfar.
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P/O A. J.R. Coombs . Royal Canadian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Herbert Sydney Coombs . British Army 10th Battalion Herbert Coombs was called up on the 17th of July 1940 and
enlisted at Pirbright, Surrey. He completed training in August 1940.
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Fireman James Leonard Coombs . Auxiliary Fire Service from S.E London
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Fireman. James Leonard Coombs . Auxiliary Fire Service from London My father James Coombs was in the Auxiliary Fire Service then when changed he was with NFS.
I know nothing about his number or rank and presume he was fireman.
I am aware he worked for Kolster Brands at Footscray London, Kent.
I remember seeing his helmet after WW2 in a cupboard.
That is all the information I have.
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Flight Sergeant S A Coombs 755478. RAF 59 Squadron
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Sgt. Stan Coome . Royal Air Force 51 Squadron I knew Stan Coome in the early 2000s, just prior to his death. He told me that he had been a rear gunner on Halifax bombers at RAF Snaith during the war. The war ended before he had completed his first tour. This caused him some disappointment as he felt that he had not done enough.
He was a very sprightly old fellow, I took him flying a couple of times in light aircraft and he could climb in quicker than I, despite being 40 years my senior.
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M T Coon . RAF My uncle, Sgt Anthony John Browne 643058 (Newmarket Cemetery) was killed on 6 January 1942 when a Wellington bomber from RAF Stradishall, No 3 Group Training Flight piloted by Flight Sergeant Frederick Thomas Miniken 903047 (Clacton Cemetery) crashed shortly after take off. Would anyone have any idea of the squadron markings as I am building a replica model?
Others killed were Sergeant John Philpin Williams 983072 (Uzmaston (St. Ismael) Churchyard) C J Cornes Sergeant Herbert Wolstenholm 545778 (Hucknall Cemetery) Sergeant Albert David Matthews 615644 (Yeovil Cemetery) Sergeant Reginald Alfred Butcher 1200354 (Dover (St. Mary's) New Cemetery) A/C1 Thomas Menzies 1037647 (Manchester Southern Cemetery) RWH Lawrence and MT Coon survived. Any other information of the event or of my uncle would be most welcome. God Bless them all.
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Pte. Murrel M Coon . United States Army from Falls City, NE
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P/O Maxwell W Coones . RCAF. 426 Sqd. (d.5th Mar 1945)
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Frank William Cooney . US Army Air Corps
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Fred Coons . United States Army Fred Coons of Detroit, Michigan enlisted in 1942 and was wounded on D-Day. He was convalescent at the Army Hospital at Battle Creek, Michigan. Does anyone remember him?
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P/O Willis Wylie Coons. . RCAF 280 sqd (d.13th Nov 1943)
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LAC. Thomas William Coop GM.. Royal Air Force 613 Squadron from Kelsall Drive, Timperley, Cheshire. My father, Thomas Coop received the George Medal for saving a pilot from a burning plane in September 1940, the story is in the London Gazette. We have sent for his records which confirms he did get the award, my brother and I have been trying for years to find out where it happened, it just says at an aerodrome. There was also a Richard Farley involved, who helped my father, I would like to trace his family if possible.
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Cooper . British Army Cooper 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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