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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 250

Three: Gunner L. C. Cooke, Machine Gun Corps (Motors), who joined with the Motor Machine Gun Service in 1914 only to be killed in action on 13 February 1917

1914-15 Star (911 Gnr. L. C. Cooke, M.C.G.S.); British War and Victory (911 Gnr. L. C. Cooke. M.M.G.S. - R.A.-), mounted as worn, good very fine (3)

Louis Clifford Cooke was born at Nottingham and lived in Shirebrook prior to enlistment. His low service number suggests that he attested with the Motor Machine Gun Service in 1914 prior to its absorption into the Machine Gun Corps (Motors). Regardless he entered the war with 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Motors) in France on 19 October 1915. Cooke was killed while service here on 13 February 1917 and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial; sold together with copied research including Commonwealth War Graves details, M.I.C. and background information on the Machine Gun Corps (Motors) and their antecedent Corps.

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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£130