Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Geo. Cook, Ldg. Stoker, H.M.S. Wye.) good very fine £100-£140

George Cook was born at Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, on 8 February 1854 and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic Third Class on 17 September 1872. Transferring to the Stoking branch on 20 March 1878, he was advanced Leading Stoker on 30 November 1886 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 April 1888. He was shore discharged in February 1898.