Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant D. K. W. Cook, East Yorkshire Regiment, who died whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force on 1 June 1940

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. R. E. Cook, 45 Hartington Road, East Twickenham, Middx.’, extremely fine (2) £60-£80

Denis Kilby Wray Cook served as a Second Lieutenant with the East Yorkshire Regiment as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and died on 1 June 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.