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Cooke, Dorrien Cresswel

Service number:
257696
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Pomotions:
28 October, 1942: 2nd Lieutenant without pay and allces. from Army Funds
? Lieutenant (war sub)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
General List
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1944
Citation:
"For acting as our representative with Partisan Naval H.Q. since 12th November, 1943. He has worked extremely hard and has succeeded in establishing exxtremely good relations with the Partisan Command which should be of considerable value to us both now and in the future, and is largely responsible for the Intelligence network which has been built up on the Dalmation Coast.
Information from agents established by COOKE has resulted in successful naval and air strikes against enemy shipping."
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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