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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 93

Five: Captain C. Cooke, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Late Squadron Corporal Major Inspector of Musketry, 2nd Life Guards
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (1782, Cpl. C. Cooke, 2/L. Gds:); 1914 Star, with later slide Bar (Hon Lt: & Q.M. C. Cooke. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Q.M. & Capt. C. Cooke.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (1782 Sq: Cpl. Mjr: I. of M. C. Cooke. 2/Life Gds.), number and first part of rank officially corrected on last, traces of verdigris to two points of Star, very fine (5)

M.I.D. London Gazette 30.12.1918 Cooke, T./Qrmr. & Capt. C., 9th Vet. Hosp., Royal Army Veterinary Corps

Captain Christopher Cooke, born Manchester, 1870; enlisted in the 2nd Life Guards, January 1891; promoted Corporal, September 1898; served with the Regiment in South Africa, December 1899 to November 1900; promoted Corporal of Horse, 1.4.1902; Squadron Corporal Major Instructor in Musketry, 8.5.1905; awarded Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1909; discharged, 16.1.1912, after 21 years with the Colours; on the outbreak of the Great War Commissioned Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, Army Veterinary Corps, 12.11.1914; served during the Great War on the Western Front from 18.11.1914; promoted Captain, 14.8.1916, and stationed at the 9th Veterinary Hospital, France.

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