Pair: Sergeant T. H. Cook, Essex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (3316 Cpl. T. H. Cook, 1st. Essex Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3316 L.Sjt: T. H. Cook. Essex Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Long Service Medals to the Essex Regiment formed by Ian Miller.

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Thomas Henry Cook was born in Ipswich in 1873 and attested for the Essex Regiment on 5 August 1891, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Posted to the 1st Battalion on 30 November 1891, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 November 1899 to 15 July 1900, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion on 5 April 1907. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of January 1910, and was discharged on 16 March 1911.
On leaving the army, Cook became a postman and lived at Henfryn Lodge, Dyserth. Following the outbreak of the Great War he re-enlisted as 16275 Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on 12 October 1914, and served with the 12th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, as well as the 3rd Battalion; the 62nd Battalion Training Reserve; and the 53rd (Young Soldiers) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He was discharged on 24 February 1919, and died on 25 December 1948 at the Old Police Station in Mostyn. He is buried in Maeshyfryd Cemetery, Dyserth Road, Rhyl.