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Desmond Bert William Cook

In memory of:

Cook (S) Desmond Bert William Cook

October 25, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

V/51070

Age:

20

Force:

Navy

Unit:

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

Division:

H.M.C.S. Skeena

Additional Information

Born:

September 12, 1924
Renton, Washington

Enlistment:

November 20, 1942

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

Cemetery:

REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY
Iceland

Grave Reference:

C49. 31.

Location:

Reykjavik is in the south-western part of the island and the REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR)CEMETERY lies south of the town on the road to Hafnarfjordur.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Cook (S) DESMOND BERT WILLIAM COOK was one of 15 sailors who died when a sudden night gale drove the destroyer HMCS Skeena ashore on Videy Island, two miles off Reykjavik Iceland, in the late evening/early morning of October 24-25, 1944. This list contains 14 names. The name of Leading Seaman JOSEPH FREDERIC ANDRE BLAIS is missing from this list, which was published in the Globe and Mail, November 18, 1944.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    Newspaper Clipping – Cook (S) DESMOND BERT WILLIAM COOK was one of 15 sailors who died when a sudden night gale drove the destroyer HMCS Skeena ashore on Videy Island, two miles off Reykjavik Iceland, in the late evening/early morning of October 24-25, 1944. This list contains 14 names. The name of Leading Seaman JOSEPH FREDERIC ANDRE BLAIS is missing from this list, which was published in the Globe and Mail, November 18, 1944.
  • HMCS Skeena

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    HMCS Skeena
  • Newspaper Clipping– Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Globe and Mail May 17, 1945

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    Newspaper Clipping – Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Globe and Mail May 17, 1945
  • Newspaper Clipping– Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 1

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    Newspaper Clipping – Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 1
  • Newspaper Clipping– Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 2

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    Newspaper Clipping – Details of the loss of HMCS Skeena on October 25, 1944 were only made public in May 1945. Newspaper Clipping from the Hamilton Spectator, May 16, 1945. Part 2
  • Memorial– This memorial is located in Iceland.

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    Memorial – This memorial is located in Iceland.
  • Memorial– This propellor that was salvaged from HMCS Skeena and it serves as a memorial to fifteen Canadians who died while serving on the ship.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – This propellor that was salvaged from HMCS Skeena and it serves as a memorial to fifteen Canadians who died while serving on the ship.
  • Cemetery

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    Cemetery
  • Cross of Sacrifice

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    Cross of Sacrifice
    Cross of Sacrifice
  • Grave Marker

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    Grave Marker

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