In Memory Of

COOKE, HAROLD

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1921-12-06
Service No:
 778541
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 10 OTU
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-06-26
Cause of Death:
 Killed inj action, Whitley AD 689 which crashed near Lingen, Germany while on third thousand bomber raid on Bremen
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 15. C. 15-16.
Cemetery:
 REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country:
 Germany
Additional Information
Son of Herbert and Florence Amelia Cooke; stepson of Mr. F. D. Laland, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. an Assayer and Sampler on the Fred Mine, Filabusi, Southern Rhodesia before the war. His interests were all sports, shooting, fishing and mechanics. Harold was educated at Chaplin School and Prince Edward. His twin brother, Flt. Lieut. Grimwood Cooke, D.F.C., D.F.M., also died on service.