Geoffrey Clement Cooke

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CaptainGeoffrey Clement Cooke (20 March, 1890 – 25 November, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

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 battleship Barham in March, 1940. He died when the ship was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Harold T. C. Walker
Captain of H.M.S. Barham
Mar, 1940[2]
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 17.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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