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Auction: 20002 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Space Exploration
Lot: 620

Five: Corporal D. Grange-Cook, Royal Anglian, who served alongside and took Ross Kemp in action during his TV production Ross Kemp in Afghanistan

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25115881 Pte D Grange-Cook R Anglian); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25115881 Pte D Grange-Cook R Anglian); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25115881 Pte D Grange-Cook R Anglian); Jubilee 2012; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, ISAF, good very fine (5)

Daniel Grange-Cook - or 'Cookie' to his friends and comrades - was born in February 1982 and enlisted in the Royal Anglian Regiment in May 2000. He served in Londonderry in 2001, Kabul in 2002 and was part of Operation Telic 6 during 2005. Qualified as a Morton Platoon Commander, he served with 'B' Company during the units famous tour of Helmand in 2007. Their operations were filmed for television and Cook formed a close bond with Ross Kemp. Indeed Kemp is quoted in The Sun:

The first text Kemp received on Christmas Day [2007] wished him a happy day and added; "Isn't it nice we are still here to see it?"

"Cookie, the soldier who sent me that text, was right next to me when we had a major contact with the Taliban."'

Kemp had walked into what would be a costly tour for the unit, for it cost them 9 killed and 51 wounded in action having replaced the Parachute Regiment. Cook is also mentioned in Attack Red State, which gives any interested party a fine insight to the operations and conditions.

Returned to Afghanistan in 2009, Cook also served again in Iraq and Northern Ireland and was discharged in May 2012; sold together with Mortar Platoon - Op Telic 6 flag, field maps, original Certificate of Service, Medical Record (22 pages), photographs, newspaper cuttings, two unit tour review books and research.

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£320