Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Second Lieutenant G. A. Cook, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5238 Cpl. G. Cook. Middlesex Regt.) medal detached from suspension; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5238 Serjt: G. Cook. Middlesex Regt.); 1914 Star (2.Lieut. G. A. Cook. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. A. Cook.) note damage to the first, otherwise good very fine or better (5) £200-£260

George Albert Cook, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment, who was ‘killed on the 10th March, 1915, while leading his men at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, was born in London, and served in the ranks of the Army for eighteen years. He took part in the South African War for which he received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps (sic) and the King’s Medals with two clasps. He was always a studious man, desirous of improving his position, and was given his commission, as 2nd Lieutenant, in October 1914, while serving at the front. 2nd Lieutenant Cook married Ellen Agnes, daughter of Henry Power, and left two children, Ellen Agnes, aged nine, and George Albert, aged six.’ (The Bond of Sacrifice refers)