Private, Norfolk Regiment

Leading Stoker, Royal Navy

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Corporasl, Royal Garrison Artillery

Corporal, Essex Regiment

Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery

Rifleman, Rifle Brigade

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Suffolk Regiment

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Driver, Royal Field Artillery

Private, Royal West Surrey Regiment

Able Seaman, Royal Naval Division.

Captain, Essex Regiment

Captain, Norfolk Regiment. Awarded the Military Cross.

Robert Chevallier Cooke - Captain, Norfolk Regiment. Awarded the Military Cross. Listed on Swardeston, Norfolk, Roll of Honour.
Born 1 July 1891. Baptised 31 August 1891 in Bromley, Kent, son of Rederick William and Frances Shophia Cooke. Birth registered in the October to December Quarter 1891 in Bromley Registration District, Kent. Death registered in the January to March Quarter 1972 in Braintree Registration District, Essex. Buried, aged 80, in St John the Baptist Churchyard, Finchingfield 12 January 1972.
He was a Second Lieutenant, Norfolk Regiment and then Captain, attached Egyptian Army.
Extract from the Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 November 1917. [Page 11303] Norf. R. – Capt. Robert Chevallier Cooke, from Spec. Res., to be 2nd Lt. 3rd Nov. 1917, with seniority from 15th Feb. 1915, and to retain his higher rank and seniority whilst serving with his present unit.
Rntioned LG 2963724 Jun 1916 and LG 29684/27 July 1916 (c).
Awarded the Order of the Nile, Insignia of officer, London Gazette 10 May 1940. [Whitehall,May 10, 1940. The KING has been pleased to give and grant unto the undermentioned gentlemen His Majesty's Royal licence and authority to wear Decorations conferred upon them by His Majesty the King of Egypt, in recognition of valuable services rendered by (them in the employment of the Sudan Government.]
From the book The British in the Sudan 1898-1956 by R. Collins: “I also learned that I had to serve two masters – the Governor in his office and Captain Robert Chevlaier Cooke, M.C., the district commissioner of Rejaf and Mongalla districts as his assistant for Mongalla”

Private, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Royal Air Force

Lance Corporal 25243, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 22nd October 1917 in France & Flanders. Born Swardestone, enlisted Norwich. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 34 to 35 and 162A.

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Machine Gun Corps

Lieutenant, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Awarded the Military Cross

Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery

Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery

Driver, Royal Army Service Corps

Second Lieutenant, Norfolk Regiment

Rifleman, 9th Battalion, London Regiment.

Private, Royal West Surrey Regiment

Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery

Rifleman, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Private, R. M. E.

[Listed as Frederick John, a Lance Sergeant, on SDGW & CWGC] Sergeant 16098, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 21st October 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Swardiston (sic), enlisted Norwich. Son of John Oakley, of East Carleton, Yorks. Buried in REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, . Grave II. G. 3.

Private, Labour Corps

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Sergeant, York and Lancaster Regiment

Rifleman 8430, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 2nd May 1915 in France & Flanders. Born Woodbastwick, enlisted Great Yarmouth, resident Swardestone. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46-48 and 50.

[Warrant Officer on memorial] Petty Officer J/7109, H.M.S. Commonwealth, Royal Navy. Buried in WOODLANDS CEMETERY, GILLINGHAM, Kent. Naval Grave 26. 1367.

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Major, 4th Battalion (Territorial) [CWGC states 3rd], Norfolk Regiment. Died 10th May 1915. Age 51. Son of John Steward; husband of Eleanor Mary Steward, of Gowthorpe Manor, Swardestone. Buried East of the church in St MARY CHURCHYARD, EAST CARLETON, Norfolk

Private 13672, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 27th July 1916 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born Swardestone, enlisted Norwich. Son of the late Arthur Fenton Stone and Clara Louisa Stone. of Swardeston. Buried in LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Grave 6.H.14.

Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Machine Gun Corps

Trooper, Norfolk Yeomanry

Lance Corporal 41334, 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 28th May 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 21. Born and resident Swardestone, enlisted Norwich. Son of John Henry and Emma Vincent, of 14, Earl St., Cambridge. Formerly 5542, Norfolk Regiment. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 98 to 99.

Lance Corporal, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Trooper, Sussex Yeomanry

Sergeant, Royal Garrison Artillery

Leading Stoker, Royal Navy

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Private, Coldstream Guards

Driver, Royal Engineers

Private, Norfolk Regiment

Trooper, Norfolk Yeomanry