Dennis Herbert Coote (1919 - 2001)

Born 27 Jun 1919 in Walthamstow St Mary, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 13 Dec 2001 at age 82 in Epping Forest, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Dennis Coote served in the British Army in World War II
Service started: 1940
Unit(s): Royal Engineers
Service ended: 1946

Dennis was born about 1919. He was the son of Bert Coote and Lilian Northway.

Dennis was a cadet with the Liverpool-Scottish Unit (10th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment) and wore a kilt.

Military

• Service No: 2930753
• Regiment: Royal Engineers
• Rank: Acting Seargent - Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, Western Desert, Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria & Tobruk) / Gallantry Awards: Mentioned In Despatches / Gazette Date: 30/06/1942 / Gazette Page:2852

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• Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2 / Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Belgium / Gallantry Award: Belgium Croix De Guerre 2nd Class With Palm / Gazette Date: 17/10/1946 / Gazette Page: 5141

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Medals

• Africa Star - for services in North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943;
• Italy Star - for service ashore in the Italian Campaign from 1943-45;
• France & Germany Star - for forces who served in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands or Germany between 6 June 1944 and 8 May 1945
• 1939-1945 Star - for service in the Second World War;
• Defence Medal - awarded to military personnel with one or more Campaign Stars
• War Medal with leaf - signifying a mention in dispatches;

He was discharged 1946

Post War

After the war, he went to London. He trained as a teacher and then got a job teaching at Glengall Road school on the Isle of Dogs.

It was whilst teaching that he met Pamela June Tiquet, from Wansted, Essex, – she ran the school canteen and he flirted with her in the lunch queue! In 1953 they married (15 March) and moved to Epping, Essex.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35611/supplement/2852
2. ↑ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7399235

• Essex Baptism Index 1538-1920
• England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005; General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 5a; Page: 513;
• England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007