Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The 1914-15 Star awarded to Gunner J. Cooke, Royal Marine Artillery, who died in East Africa on 12 March 1916

1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 10270. Gr J. Cooke.); Memorial Plaque (Jesse Cooke) collector’s mark to reverse of plaque, very fine (2) £70-£90

Jesse Cooke was born in Piton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 3 May 1883 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery at Gosport, Hampshire, on 21 October 1902. He was promoted Gunner on 29 September 1903, and served during the Great War first in H.M.S. Superb, and then with the East African Expeditionary Force from 18 December 1915. He died of dysentery in Nairobi on 12 March 1916, and is buried in Nairobi South Cemetery, Kenya.

Sold with copied service record.