The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface

1914 Star (2 Lieut. R. R. Cooke, Ches. R.), good very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in August 1914, Cooke went out to France with the 1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, in November. Moving into positions in the frontline in the following month, the Battalion participated in the famous “Christmas Truce”.