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Description: | (a) DRIVER R.M.COOKE. / C of E / 14396 / W.A.A.C. / B.E.F. Nov 20th. 17
(b) 13 STERLING
This First World War period identity bracelet belonged to the late Mrs R M Underwood. Born Miss Rosetta May Moulton, she married James Arnold Cooke who was later killed in action. Mrs Cooke became a Driver with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) serving in France from November 1917. She subsequently remarried becoming Mrs R M Underwood - the name stamped on the edge of her British War Medal 1914-20 (see OMD 5777). Some documents were deposited with the IWM's Department of Documents in 1988 and 1990. Mr Ivan J Underwood served with the Canadian Army during the First World War. (See also EQU 3682, fibre identity tag).
Tag and bracelet: oval sterling silver ID tag with silver bracelet. The tag bears the following engraved inscriptions: ' DRIVER R.M.COOKE. / C of E / 14396 / W.A.A.C. / B.E.F. Nov 20th. 17'
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Master | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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