Image: Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson VC DSO
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Description: Lieutenant-Commander Edgar Christopher Cookson VC DSO (1883–1915), British Royal Navy officer. Original caption: LIEUT.-COMMANDER E. C. COOKSON, D.S.O., V.C. Awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the advance to Kut. He was shot dead while attempting to cut a wire cable securing enemy barges which formed an obstruction across the river.
Title: Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson VC DSO
Credit: The Times History of the War, Vol. X p.225 https://archive.org/stream/timeshistoryofwa10lond/timeshistoryofwa10lond#page/225/mode/1up
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