Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant E. Cooling, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 1 January 1918

1914 Star (3626 Cpl. E. Cooling. 1/K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (3626 Sjt. E. Cooling. K.R. Rif. C.) very fine (3) £100-£140

Edgar Cooling was born in Derby and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and died of wounds on 1 January 1918. He is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France.