Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman W. E. Cooke, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Benbow at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (J.12559 W. E. Cooke, Ord. Sea. H.M.S. Pelorus.); 1914-15 Star (J.12559, W. E. Cooke. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.12559 W. E. Cooke. A.B. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160

Walter Edward Cooke, a Shoemaker from Warrington, Lancashire, was born on 7 July 1895. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 7 July 1913 and was advanced Able Seaman on 1 July 1914. He served in H.M.S. Pelorus in the Persian Gulf, before further service during the Great War in a number of ships including H.M.S, Benbow at the Battle of Jutland. He was shore demobilised on 6 July 1925 and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.