Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker First Class F. Cooper, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Navy

1914 Star (278587 F. Cooper, Sto. 1Cl. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (278587 F. Cooper. Sto. 1 R.N.) very fine (3) £120-£160

Frank Cooper was born at Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, on 21 July 1875 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 28 December 1894. He was advanced Stoker First Class on 1 July 1906, and was shore discharged on 9 January 1907. He re-enrolled on 1 July 1911, and served during the Great War with the Howe Battalion on the Western Front from 17 September 1914. He was demobilised on 17 February 1919.