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− | {{CaptRN}}'''Geoffrey Clement Cooke''' (20 March, 1890 – 25 November, 1941) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | {{CaptRN}} '''Geoffrey Clement Cooke''' (20 March, 1890 – 25 November, 1941) served in the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
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+ | Cooke entered the Navy as it was transitioning to the new training scheme for cadets and was sent directly to the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]] as part of the September 1905 intake term. | ||
Cooke was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 July, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 17}} | Cooke was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 July, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 17}} | ||
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Geoffrey+Clement+Cooke Service Records] | * [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Geoffrey+Clement+Cooke Service Records] | ||
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Revision as of 11:41, 8 August 2020
Captain Geoffrey Clement Cooke (20 March, 1890 – 25 November, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Cooke entered the Navy as it was transitioning to the new training scheme for cadets and was sent directly to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as part of the September 1905 intake term.
Cooke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 July, 1912.[1]
Cooke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 July, 1920.
Cooke was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1926.
Cooke was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1933.
Cooke was appointed in command of the net-laying ship Guardian on 30 March, 1936, vice Mackenzie. He was superseded on 20 August, 1937.
Cooke was appointed in command of the battleship Barham in March, 1940. He died when the ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.
See Also
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Lancelot A. W. Spooner |
Captain of H.M.S. Petersfield 24 Sep, 1926[2] – Nov, 1928 |
Succeeded by Frank A. C. Baker |
Preceded by Eustace Rotherham |
Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta 12 Feb, 1935 – 30 Jul, 1935 |
Succeeded by Duncan C. Hill |
Preceded by Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge |
Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence 7 Feb, 1938 – 25 Feb, 1940 |
Succeeded by William Derek Stephens |
Preceded by Harold T. C. Walker |
Captain of H.M.S. Barham 25 Mar, 1940 – 25 Nov, 1941 |
Succeeded by Vessel Lost |
Footnotes