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BORN 28 August 1843
DIED 19 December 1879 AGE 36
VC Won 2 December 1878 AGE 35
Place VC Won Piewar Kotal, Afghanistan
War/Campaign Second Afghan War, Afghanistan
Name John Cook No.
VC Issue No. 344 Awards VC
Regiment Indian Army, Bengal Staff Corps & 5th Gurkha Rifles
Later
Now 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Indian Army
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place Of Death Takht-I-Shah, Massif, south of Sherpur, Afghanistan
Buried/Location Ashes Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 21 December 1879
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Church of England Section
Gazetted 18 March 1879
VC Presented 24 May 1879, Lord Roberts VC, Ali Khel, Kabual
Memorials
Headstone, Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
Plaque at St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London
Plaque at St Luke's Church, Abbottabad, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
P Plaque at St Andrew's Church, St Andrews Fife, Scotland
P Plaque at St Paul's Cathedral, London
Named on family memorial, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh
By The Way…
A fine picture of the battle of Peiwar Kotal, is on display at the national army musuem, Chelsea
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The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
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