Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Colour-Sergeant G. A. J. Cook, Parachute Regiment

General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Cyprus, Near East, Arabian Peninsula (19043847 Sgt. G. Cook. Para.); General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, South Arabia, Radfan, Northern Ireland (19043847 S. Sgt. G. A. J. Cook. Para.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed as issued , mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £2,000-£2,600

Colour-Sergeant G. A. J. Cook enlisted into the Parachute Regiment prior to 1950. The following information has been extracted from location lists published in various Pegasus journals:

January 1951, page 185: Lance-Corporal, 1 Para, MMG Platoon.

January 1954, page 150: Promoted to Sergeant, MMG Platoon.

July 1958: serving with H.Q. Company, Signals Platoon.

July 1966: Colour-Sergeant, 1 Para.