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Can anyone help me find relatives of sapper dennis cooke who came from smethwick, he was killed in 1940 and his parents were william and nellie who lived at londonderry lane. Sapper cooke is buried in uplands cemetry smethwick. Thanks Ann
Name: Dennis COOKE Rank: Sapper Initials: D C H Birthplace: Smethwick Residence: Smethwick Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Engineers 01/09/39:
Number: 1892381
Date died: 17 October 1940
If the initials are correct this could be his birth.
Name: COOKE, Dennis C H Registration District: Kings Norton County: Worcestershire Year of Registration: 1918 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Mother's Maiden Name: Jefferies
Volume No: 6D Page No: 222
This COULD POSSIBLY be the marriage to William H Cooke.
Name: JEFFERIES, Nellie M Registration District: Kings Norton
County: Worcestershire Year of Registration: 1911 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Volume No: 6C Page No: 848 MarriageFinder: Nellie M Jefferies married one of the following people COOKE, William HSHERVEY, WilliamTRUMPER, Nellie
Many thanks for your reply. I am hoping to find some of Sapper Cooke's relatives just to let them know about memorial plaque., but yes this is the right Dennis you have.
