MILITARY SERVICE RECORD & CIVILIAN CAREER

COOK, Geoffrey R.

1951

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date and place of birth: 24 Jun 1934

Next of kin address: Stroud, Gloucestershire

MILITARY SERVICE

Date and place of enlistment: 08 Sep 1949, Army Recruiting Office, Gloucester

Regimental Number: Restricted

G.S.C. 08 Sep 1949 – 25 Jul 1952:

Company: 'C' ● Squad: 13 ● Trade: Armourer ● Rank: Apprentice Tradesman

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 61 of 1950)

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 1 Part 2 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 38 of 1951)

Education: Army Certificate of Education Class 1 Part 1 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 8 of 1952)

Trade Qualification: Armourer Class 3 (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 62 of 1952)

R.E.M.E.

Posting: wef 29 Aug 1952: 18 Command Workshops REME, Bovington Camp, Wareham, Dorset (Ref: Part 2 Order N^o 63 of 1952)

Posting: Jun 1953: Royal Signals Depot, Newton Abbot, Devon.

Posting: Sep1954: 27 Light Battery R.A. Hong Kong. (Jan – Apr 1955 Singapore)

Posting: Sep1957: Glosters Depot.

Posting: Aug1959: Royal Signals Training Regiment, Catterick.

Course: Jun 1960 – Dec 1961: 4 Artificer Weapons Course, School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Bordon.

Posting: Mar1962: 1 K.O.S.B. Aden.

Posting: Apr 1965: 1 K.O.S.B. Far East (Jul-Oct 1965 Singapore. Oct - Mar 1966 Borneo)

Posting: Jun 1966: School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Bordon.

Posting: Jul 1969: 104 Light Air Defence Unit, Newport.

Posting: Jul 1971: School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Bordon. (Jul – Dec 1972 Iran)

Promotion: Feb 1974: Commissioned into R.E.M.E.

Posting: Mar 1974: 56 Army Youth Team.

Posting: Apr 1976: School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Bordon.

Posting: Oct 1976: C.V.H.Q. R.E.M.E. (Middle management course Jan – Mar 1978)

Posting: Mar 1978: 20 Squadron R.C.T. London. (Service funds & Accounts Sep 1979)

Posting: Aug 1980: RSME Workshop, R.E.M.E. Chatham.

Posting: Mar 1982: 34 Base Workshop R.E.M.E. (Senior management course Jan – Mar 1983)

Posting: Mar 1986: 32 Base Workshop R.E.M.E.

Discharge

Retired: 24 Jun 1989.

CIVILIAN CAREER

Employed as a Retired Officer Grade 3 in the Families Housing & Welfare Service, Donnington, for 3 years after which time I retired again.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

MARITAL & FAMILY STATUS

Married to Jean and we have two daughters, Jennifer and Jacqueline, the latter having given us two grandchildren, Thomas and Marsha.

IN RETIREMENT

My hobbies are wood turning, wood carving, painting in pastel and water colours, digital photography, and Genealogy.

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