Silver War Badges, WWI
WWI Silver War Badge. Richard Cookson. 86 Field Company & Bedford Signals, Royal Engineers. Dysentery & GSW left arm. Broughton in Furness.
£30.00
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A silver war badge number b19457 .
Awarded to 43902 Richard Cookson royal engineers.
B c1889 .
Joined 2nd September 1914 .
19 days hospital treatment inc evacuation via hospital ship ” gloucestershire Castle ” to England with dysentery in October 1915 .
Wound report 8th July 1918 suffered a gunshot wound left arm whist serving in 86 field company re which would result in his discharge on 1st October 1918 with 40% disablement due to wounds whist with Bedford signal depot re .
Addresses given as .
Lancaster Rd, Garstang in Lancashire.
And .
Oakleigh house , Broughton in furness.
