Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Staff Sergeant G. Cooke, 18th Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own), later Military Provost Staff Corps

1914-15 Star (1816 Sjt. G. Cooke 18-Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1816 Sjt. G. Cooke. 18-Hrs.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

George Cooke was born at North Cowton, Darlington, Yorkshire in 1886 and attested for the 18th Hussars at Darlington on 30 December 1907. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 May 1915, and was admitted to No. 11 General Hospital, Boulogne, on 25 May 1915, suffering from the effects of gas poisoning. On 1 December 1916 he transferred to the Military Provost Staff Corps and was re-numbered 1808. Advanced Staff Sergeant, he was discharged to Section ‘B’ Army Reserve on 29 December 1919, and claimed that he was still suffering from asthma, as a consequence of his gas poisoning earlier in the war.

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