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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 543

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

Pair: Chauffeur J. H. D. Cochrane, Voluntary Aid Detatchment

British War and Victory Medals (J. H. D. Cochrane), contact marks, very fine (2)

Joan Cochrane was born on 4 June 1884, the daughter of Blair Onslow Cochrane, O.B.E., J.P. and Mary Evelyn Sutton. She married Bernard Norman Fraser on 3 March 1909. Enlisted with the Voluntary Aid Detachment in April 1915, serving as a Ward Maid with at Hazelwood Auxillary Hospital, Ryde. Cochrane served as a Nurse without Pay between 6 May-6 October 1916. Transferred to France, she worked as an ambulance driver from 27 April 1917-1 May 1919 with the rank of Chauffeur; sold together with a French Red Cross Riband.

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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£50