John Cooke (RAF officer)
John Cooke | |
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Born | Commander of the Order of St John | 16 January 1922
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Helena Murray Johnstone (m. 1958) |
Children | 3 |
Relations | Air Marshal Sir Cyril Cooke (father) |
Other work | Medical advisor Consultant physician |
Early life
Cooke was born on 16 January 1922 in
Military career
On 1 November 1945, Cooke was
In June 1947, he was granted a permanent commission dated to 1 July 1946 with the rank of flying officer.[8] In September 1947, he was promoted once more to flight lieutenant.[9] This was back-dated to 1 November 1946, the date when he was first promoted to that rank, and he was given seniority from 1 May 1946.[10] He went on to serve successively in all the UK based RAF hospitals.[5]
On 10 October 1950, he was granted seniority in the rank of flight lieutenant from 1 May 1944.[11] On 1 May 1951, he was promoted to squadron leader.[12]
In 1952, he was appointed officer in charge of the medical division at RAF Hospital Cosford.[1] In 1954, he was posted to the new RAF hospital in Wegberg, Germany.[3] He was issued with a Volkswagen Beetle so he could provide cover for other hospitals in the region.[1]
By the middle of 1956, he was an
In 1963, during the
On 1 May 1966, he was promoted to
He published two articles in
In 1969, he returned to Germany as the physician-in-charge of RAF Hospital Wegberg[2] where he established an intensive care unit.[3] In 1972, he was posted to RAF Halton as commander of the medical division at Princess Mary’s RAF Hospital.[1]
He remained at RAF Halton for the rest of his career, during which he held a number of senior positions in the Medical Branch.[1] He served as Whittingham Professor of Aviation Medicine from 1974 to 1979.[2] As part of the half-yearly promotions, on 1 January 1975, he was promoted to air commodore.[16]
In addition to his RAF postings, he was a member of the medical advisory board of the European Space Agency from 1978 to 1984.[3] On 1 September 1979, he was promoted to air vice-marshal.[17]
From 1979 to 1983, he served as Dean of Air Force Medicine.
He retired from the Royal Air Force on 15 June 1985.[18]
Later life
Cooke served as a consultant adviser in medicine to the Royal Air Force of Oman from 1985 to 1991.[1] He was Chair of the Ethics Committee of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine from 1987 to 1989.[3] He was a Consultant Physician to the Civil Aviation Authority from the creation of its medical advisory panel in the late 1970s until 2003.[2][3]
He died on 25 April 2011 after a short illness.[19][5] His Humanist funeral was held on 7 May 2011 and he was buried in the Greenacres Chilterns Burial Park, Beaconsfield.[19]
Personal life
In 1958, Cooke married Elizabeth Helena Murray Johnstone.[3] They met while he was working at St George's Hospital, London.[1]
Together they had three children;[5] two sons, Nigel and Iain, and one daughter, Faith.[1] She died in 2021.[20]
Honours and decorations
In the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "John Nigel Carlyle Cooke". Munk's Roll. Royal College of Physicians of London. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Air Vice-Marshal John Cooke". The Telegraph. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Air Vice-Marshal John Cooke". The Times. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Old Felstedians – Military". Felsted School. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Air Vice Marshal John Cooke, CB, OBE, FRCP Edin". Obituaries. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "No. 37373". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 November 1945. p. 5896.
- ^ "No. 37797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 November 1946. p. 5781.
- ^ "No. 37970". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1947. p. 2485.
- ^ "No. 38066". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 1947. p. 4245.
- ^ "No. 38679". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 August 1949. p. 3751.
- ^ "No. 39071". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 November 1950. p. 5817.
- ^ "No. 39271". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1951. p. 3548.
- ^ a b "No. 40787". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 May 1956. p. 3108.
- ^ "No. 41379". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 May 1958. p. 2827.
- ^ "No. 43969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 April 1966. p. 5303.
- ^ "No. 46469". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 January 1975. pp. 871–873.
- ^ "No. 47991". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 October 1979. p. 13572.
- ^ "No. 50220". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 1985. p. 10814.
- ^ a b "Deaths". The Daily Telegraph. 4 May 2011. p. 28.
- ^ Cooke
- ^ "No. 47858". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1979. p. 7110.
- ^ "No. 50165". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 1985. p. 8347.
- ^ "No. 49328". The London Gazette. 22 April 1983. pp. 5511–5512.
- ^ "No. 49768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 2.