Orders, Decorations and Medals

An O.B.E. and Indian Police Medal group of five awarded to Superintendent W. L. C. G. Cook, Federation of Malaya Police, late Bengal Police

The Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) 2nd type; Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (I.P., Supdt. of Police, Bengal); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Supt., O.B.E., F. of M. Pol.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good very fine and scarce (5) £400-500

O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1948: Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Bengal.

William Louis Charles Gerard Cook was born on 21 February 1904, and joined the Indian Police as Assistant Superintendent, Bengal, on 13 November 1923, becoming Superintendent in February 1936, and Assistant Inspector-General from March 1938 until March 1941; Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Burdwan Range, October 1942 to February 1943.