Henry Cook (aviator)
Henry Cook | |
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Brigadier-General | |
Unit | Royal Artillery Royal Flying Corps |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Early military career
Cook was born in Bombay
In September 1901, he was promoted to major.[9] Ten years later, in December 1911, Cook was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[10]
Aviation
Cook joined the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain on 14 December 1909.[11] He was one of the first people in England to learn to fly, taking lessons in 1910 and gaining his Royal Aero Club aviator's certificate (number 42) at Beaulieu on 31 December 1910.[12][13] Following the creation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in May 1912, Cook was seconded from the Royal Artillery to the RFC's Central Flying School (CFS) as an instructor[14] in theory and construction.[15] After the Commandant, Captain Godfrey Paine RN, Cook was next most senior officer at the School and by August he was being described as the Assistant Commandant.[16] While at the CFS, Cook was involved in teaching theory.[17] In September 1912 he was awarded a Royal Aero Club Special Certificate for carrying out a series flights and aerial manoeuvres which were of special merit in the early years of aviation.[18][19] In December 1912, Cook spent some time in India, visiting Agra where he made observations on the ability of birds to soar and theorized on the effect of sunlight on air.[20]
World War I
On 23 June 1913, Cook returned to the
Personal life
In 1914, Cook married widow Frances Helen Cooke (née Sullivan) in
In 1938, Frances, 56, died by suicide after jumping from the roof garden of the
He died in 21 January 1950 in Bournemouth.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910–1950
- ^ a b c England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
- ^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786–1947
- ^ 1881 England Census
- ^ "No. 26303". The London Gazette. 1 July 1892. p. 3814.
- ^ "No. 26839". The London Gazette. 6 April 1897. p. 1948.
- ^ "Access to Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Full text of "Frontier and overseas expeditions from India"". Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 27357". The London Gazette. 20 September 1901. p. 6171.
- ^ "No. 28562". The London Gazette. 15 December 1911. p. 9448.
- ^ "lord mayor | aero club | club | 1909 | 0815 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "1952 | 0415 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "cody | 1911 | 0106 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 28614". The London Gazette. 4 June 1912. p. 4037.
- ISBN 0-7106-0486-6.
- ^ "royal flying | flying corps | flying school | 1912 | 0776 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Raleigh, Sir Walter Alexander; Jones, Henry Albert (1922). The war in the air; being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Oxford Clarendon Press. p. 216.
- ^ "brooklands | deperdussin monoplane | 1912 | 0818 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Special Certificates – UK". Gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "airship | 1912 | 0072 | Flight Archive". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 28734". The London Gazette. 4 July 1913. p. 4737.
- ^ "No. 13502". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 September 1919. p. 3104.
- ^ "No. 31719". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1920. p. 182.
- ^ India, Select Marriages, 1792–1948
- ^ Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2021
- ^ "No. 44395". The London Gazette. 25 August 1967. p. 9486.
- ^ "Threw Herself from Hospital Roof – Suicide of Brigadier-General's Wife – Husband in Same Hospital". Westminster & Pimlico News. 22 April 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "General's Wife Falls 50 Feet to Death". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 13 April 1938. p. 7.