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Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 196

A Good Group of Six to Captain E.J.A. Cook, Royal West Surrey Regiment, Later Indian Army, Who Was Wounded at Nasiriyah and Recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 14.1.1916 1914-15 Star (T-2390 Pte. E.J.A. Cook. The Queen´s R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E.J.A. Cook); General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, S. Persia (Capt. E.J.A. Cook.); India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (A-Capt. E.J.A. Cook, I.A.R.O.); Serbia, Order of the Star of Karageorge, Soldier´s Silver Cross, with Swords, 1914-16 reverse, 60mm including crown suspension x 40mm, silvered-bronze and bronze-gilt, generally good very fine, with the recipient´s Officer´s Record of Services book (6) Estimate £ 340-380 Serbia, Order of the Star of Karageorge London Gazette 15.2.1917 Captain Ernest John Alfred Cook, born 26.2.1891; enlisted in the Royal West Surrey Regiment 11.8.1914; served in India 29.10.1914- 27.11.1915; with the Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, 27.11.1915- 3.3.1916; wounded at Nasiriyah and Recommended by the Officer Commanding, 1/5th Royal West Surrey Regiment, for the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 14.1.1916; he suffered from Enteric Fever January to March 1916; to India 3.3.1916; employed as Staff Sergeant, Bangalore Brigade, April to November 1917; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, Bangalore, 5.11.1917; served in South Persia 16.5.1918- 3.4.1919 as acting Captain; Promoted Lieutenant, 5.11.1918; served on the North West Frontier with the Baluchistan Field Force, 7.7.1919.

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