Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A ‘Royal Household’ group of four awarded to F. A. Cooke, employed as a Coal Porter, previous to which he had served with the Lincolnshire Regiment during the Second Boer War

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3005. Pte F. Cooke. 2nd Lincoln: Regt.) suspension claw re-pinned, with official corrections; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, suspension dated ‘1903-1923’, with 1st issue ‘Thirty Years’ Additional Award Bar (F. Cooke.); Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (4) £380-£420

Frederick Augustus Cooke was born in London, in 1874. He attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment in January 1892, having previously been employed as a Cellarman. Cooke served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa, January - October 1900, and was discharged from the Army Reserve, 25 January 1904. He entered Royal Service in 1903, and was employed as a Coal Porter. He was awarded with his ‘Thirty Years’ Bar in February 1933.