About Gervaise Cooke
Lived 1911 – 1976 (aged 64). Gervaise Cooke was a naval officer.
Rear-Admiral John Gervaise Beresford Cooke CB DSC (19 October 1911 – 30 January 1976) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.
Naval career Cooke was the son of Justice John Fitzpatrick Cooke and Eleanora Caroline Lucia Macky. He served in World War II in destroyers and at the Admiralty.
Family In 1941, he married Helen Beatrice Cameron, granddaughter of Sir William Gordon Cameron. They had three sons, including Jonathan Gervaise Fitzpatrick Cooke of the Royal Navy, and one daughter.
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Royal Navy admiral (1911–1976)
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Gervaise Cooke was born on 19 October 1911 in Marylebone.
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Gervaise Cooke died on 30 January 1976 in Chelsea.
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Gervaise Cooke was a naval officer.
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