About Edgar Christopher Cookson
Lived 1883 – 1915 (aged 31). Edgar Christopher Cookson was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-Commander Edgar Christopher Cookson VC DSO (13 December 1883 – 28 September 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Cookson was born on 13 December 1883 to Capt. W. E. Cookson, R.N. He was 31 years old and a Lieutenant-Commander in the command of HMS Comet on the River Tigris when his actions, on 28 September 1915, during the advance on Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia earned him the Victoria Cross. He was shot several times by the enemy that day, and died within a few minutes.
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recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Edgar Christopher Cookson was born on 13 December 1883 in Tranmere.
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Edgar Christopher Cookson died on 28 September 1915 in Mesopotamia.
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