Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Regimental Sergeant Major J. W. Cooper, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, late 17th Battalion London Regiment and Suffolk Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (3257 T.W.O. Cl. 1. J. W. Cooper. 17-Lond. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3536 Sgt. J. W. Cooper. Suffolk Regt.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (3536 W.O. Cl. 2. J. W. Cooper.) good very fine (4) £180-£220

John William Cooper was born in Littleport, Ely, in 1875, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment on 5 July 1893. He was discharged with the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant on 4 June 1914, after 21 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War, he re-enlisted into the 17th Battalion, London Regiment, serving a Company Sergeant Major on Home service from 24 September 1914. On 26 June 1916, he joined the Expeditionary Force on the Western Front and transferred to the 1/12th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment as Acting Regimental Sergeant Major on 24 October 1916. He served in Salonika from 14 January 1917, and in Egypt from 20 June 1917 until May 1918, before returning to France until 9 September 1918. He was discharged in February 1919.

Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Active Service Pay Book.