Objekt GHC/1/2 - Box 2. East Africa. India. Correspondence and Personal Papers (1914-18)

Photograph of Cooke as a Lance-Corporal 1915 Envelope containing tickets for a passage on the German July 1914 East Africa Line from Zanzibar to Bombay. A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., published, Cairo, 1919. July 1917-October 1918 Telegrams emanating from London containing news bulletins Often several copies of each. 1 December 1915-2 February 1916 Copy of News Summary. 1p. Ts. Reports from all theatres of war. ND Map of German East Africa. ND Map of Central Europe ND Two sketch maps. Location apparently Palestine ND Folder containing papers relating to the death in action of Cookes brother, Ernest Reginald. 1916 Folder containing photographs and miscellaneous papers from Africa. ND Cookes ms. diary. East Africa and India:- 1914-1918 (i) 1914 (India) (ii) 1 January 1915-12 May 1915 (East Africa). (iii) 12 May 1915-16 June 1915 (East Africa). (iv) 17 June 1915-28 July 1915 (East Africa). (v) 29 July 1915-31 October 1915 (East Africa). (vi) 1 November 1915-17 May 1916 (East Africa). (vii) 17 May 1916-24 February 1917 (East Africa). (viii) 25 February 1917-26 June 1918 (East Africa & India) (ix) 28 June 1918-22 October 1918 (India-Alexandria-England-Taranto). Army Book 152, Correspondence Book (Field Service). 7 July 1918 - 22 March 1919 Contains ms. copies of Cookes letters while with the 3rd Kashmir Rifles, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and after the War. Incomplete account by Cooke of his first months with the 2nd Kashmir Rifles in East Africa. 8pp. Tss. October 1915-February 1916 Bundle of letters addressed to Cooke. Personal topics. 1914-15 Bundle of News Letters. 1918 Envelope containing miscellaneous letters:- (i) To Cooke from Eleanor Casson (8 April 1916) (ii) To Mrs. Cooke from Private James Smith. Condolences on Cookes brothers death. (10 September 1916). (iii) To Cooke from Geraldine Tighe (10 March 1916). (iv) Four letters to Cookes brother Ernest from his (v) Two letters to Mrs. Cooke from Mary Kelly, the widow of Ernest Cookes former servant (3 November 1916, 23 November 1916). (vi) A poem. March-Nov. 1916 Rolled certificate in honour of Capt. Ernest Cooke, killed 26 April 1916 in action. Buried at Vermelles war cemetery. Folder containing miscellaneous papers and letters:- (i) Copy of telegrams announcing Cookes selection for the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 1p. Ms. 13 September 1915 (ii) Ms. note on conditions of service. 1. Ms. 5 November 1915 (iii) Telegram granting Cooke 3 weeks leave 23 August 1918 (iv) Official circular attached to the royal gift to the forces, Christmas 1914. 25 December 1914 (v) Notice announcing Cookes promotion to 2nd. Lieutenant. 1p. TS. 5 October 1915 (vi) Pay Book 16 September 1914 - 11 October 1915 (vii) Regulations regarding the grant of Acting Rank to Officers performing the Duties of a Higher Rank. June 1916 Instructions issued in June 1916. (viii) Papers relating to an application for leave. 27 July 1918 (ix) Memorandum granting Cooke 2 months leave 3 June 1917 (x) Sketch Map ND (xi) Ration Book ND (xii) Embarkation Card 17 October 1918 (xiii) Letter of recommendation. 1p. Ms. 11 June 1917 (xiv) Two letters reporting praise of the 2nd. and 3rd. Kashmir Rifles. 1p. Ts., 1p. Ms. 5 July 1917 14 January 1918 (xv) Letter to Cooke from a Constance Rose Thank you for the photographs. 23 December 1917 (xvi) Certification that Cooke had suffered from malaria. 14 June 1916 (xvii) Telegram to Cooke in Cairo. Return if he wishes to go with the advance party. 28 January 1918 (xviii) Envelope containing Cookes declaration of obedience. Also an ND letter from Jack. 7 July 1915 (xix) Envelope containing an approval of 5 days leave. 6 October 1915 (xx) Christmas card. 1917 (xxi) Letter to Cooke from J.L. Roe, apparently his former Commanding Officer. 1p. Ms. 21 December 1917 (xxii) Letter from Cooke to Capt. T.H. James applying for a commission. Letter contains an outline of Cookes career. 5 pp. Mss. 12 July 1918 (xxiii) Two invitations. 21 January 1918 26 January 1918 (xxiv) Notes on Bush Fighting. Issued by General Staff, Nairobi. 4pp. 15 March 1915 (xxv) Notes on the Employment of Machine Guns with Infantry. Issued by the General Staff, Nairobi. 4pp. 19 August 1915 (xxvi) Cooperation between Artillery and other arms, with reference to "Notes from the Front, Part III, Section III, page 5." ND (xxvii) Extracts from "Notes on War". 4pp. 13 September 1915 (xxviii) Ms report on patrol to Hill 857. 11pp. Mss. 27-28 March 1916 (xxix) News report. 1p. Ms. 20 February 1916 (xxx) A railway pass. ND (xxxi) Notes on procedure by British officers on arrival in Rome. ND (xxxii) War Office authorisation for Cookes passage to Egypt. 1p. Ts. 29 September 1918

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