COOK Walter Louis

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
    Louis 
  • Surname:
    COOK
  • Service Number:
    DK60699
  • Rank:

    Leading Stoker

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Courageous
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th September 1939
  • Age At Death:
    34
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 34, Column 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas and Mary Janet Cook; husband of Nora Emily Cook, of Badsey, Worcestershire

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COOK Walter Louis Is Named On These Memorials

Badsey St James’s Church

Further Information About COOK Walter Louis

Additional information on the memorial: Royal Navy

Appears on the Royal Navy casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the British Legion, Badsey, Aldington & Wickhamford, Almenzora, Wickhamford Rd, Badsey, nr Evesham, no date, can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Walter L. Cook, Royal Navy be added to the county roll of honour.

HMS Courageous was originally a battle cruiser. S he was converted into an aircraft carrier between 1924 and 1928.  The Courageous was part of a convoy on anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, south west of Ireland on the evening of 17th September 1939 when she was hit by torpedoes from U-29 at 19.40.  The ship sank in less than 15 minutes with the loss of over 500 lives and was the first U-boat offensive against the Royal Navy.

Walter Cook has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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