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Remembered Today:

28 September 1915 - Lt Cdr EC Cookson VC RN


seaJane

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On this day, 28 September 1915, Lt Cdr EC Cookson of HMS COMET died attempting to break the barrage on the Tigris at Kut. He was awarded the VC.

 

Surgeon Dermot Loughlin (below) was awarded the DSC for his medical attention to Cookson while under fire.

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