WW1 British War & Victory Medal pair, 27673 Pte E.E. Cooke, Royal Fusiliers, wounded 1916

WW1 British War and Victory Medal pair named to 27673 Private E.E. Cooke, Royal Fusiliers. Edward Ernest Cooke of Brighton was wounded in 1916, and the pair comes with our research into his service.

Good unpolished condition.

Both medals have the correct period ribbons. No box or paperwork.

Wounded in 1916

Edward served as a private in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). He was living in Brighton when the War Office named him as wounded on its casualty lists in December 1916.

Being named on that list entitled him to wear a wound stripe on his sleeve.

Service after his wound

Like many wounded men, Edward did not go back to his old battalion. His pension card lists service with:

• Royal Fusiliers
• Middlesex and Essex Regiments
• Labour Corps
• Suffolk Regiment

The Labour Corps was formed in February 1917, so that part of his service came later in the war.

After the war

His pension card shows he left the army around 1 October 1919. He was granted a disability pension of 20 shillings a week for a year, handled by the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

He was then living at Broadley Terrace, Marylebone, London. Edward died on 11 December 1923.

Naming

• Both medals: 27673 Private E.E. Cooke, Royal Fusiliers

Records

• War Office casualty list, December 1916: wounded
• Ministry of Pensions record card: units, pension and date of death