Rear-Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest

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Rear-Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest

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Rear-Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest, who has died aged 81, overcame sea- and airsickness, qualified twice over for the Goldfish Club, and rose to be Flag Officer Naval Aviation.
Cooke-Priest was one of six Old Marlburians to enter Dartmouth in September 1957. His first ship was a small minesweeper in the unquiet waters off Scotland, where he was “as sick as a dog”, and a sympathetic senior officer had him moved to a larger ship.
All Cooke-Priest wanted to do was drive ships, and for two years he served worldwide at sea, but when the Admiralty decided that more long-career officers were needed in the Fleet Air Arm, he was press-ganged into flying training as an observer, as the Navy calls its air navigators....
Daily Telegraph


RIP Sir
HMS Raleigh 1963 , HMS Collingwood 1963 & 67 , HMS Ark Royal 1964-7, HMS Undaunted 1968-71, HMS Victory (Fleet Maintenance Group) 1971-72, HMS Exmouth 1972-74
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002

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