Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Geoffrey Somerset Cooke
In memory of:
Lieutenant Geoffrey Somerset Cooke
July 30, 1944
In the field
Military Service
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Army
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
Additional Information
May 17, 1922
Manchester, England
May 8, 1942
Montreal, Quebec
Son of John Herbert Cooke and Ethel Somerset Cooke, of Westmount, Province of Quebec, Canada. B.A. (McGill University).
Commemorated on Page 278 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France
Panel 21, Column 2.
The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Geoffrey Somerset Cooke – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Geoffrey Somerset Cooke – Courtesy McGill University archives -
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Photo of Geoffrey Somerset Cooke – Courtesy McGill University archives -
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Newspaper Clipping – Montreal Gazette Aug 5 1944 courtesy McGill University archives -
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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Memorial – Bayeux Memorial - August 2012 -
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Inscription – Inscription on the Bayeux Memorial - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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