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Son of Alexander and E. J. Cooke, of Nottinghill House, Belfast.

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A Charles E Cooke, aged 26, born Belfast was a passenger on board a steam ship in Holyhead harbour on census night 1911. He was described as a Merchant's Clerk.

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Captain Arthur Henry Evans MD FRCS is shown as 'seconded' wef 2nd August 1917 [LG of 1st November 1918] but with no other detail. He evidently had a close association with 4th London General Hospital as on 1st December 1908 (aged 36) he was Gazetted Captain RAMC and assigned to that Hospital as an officer whose "services will be available on mobilisation". After the war he was 'restored to the Establishment wef 30th October 1920, to serve at 4th London General Hospital, but was effectively 'Retired' from the Army wef 30th September 1921, having attained the age limit for Regular Service. [LG 26th January 1923]. In the 1930s Arthur Evans OBE MS MD FRCS became a medical expert on alcoholism and inebriety, and later (1938) President of The Medical Society. It appears that Arthur Henry Evans was born in 1872 (possibly at Bromyard, Avenbury, in Herefordshire). He died in Surrey aged 78.//

Arthur Henry Evans 1872-1950 is Arthur Henry Evans OBE of Littlebourne Forest Green near Ockley, Surrey died 20 Mar 1950 Probate London 24 June to Dorothy Evans widow and Arthur Briant Evans consulting obstetric surgeon Effects £14878 7s 6d. In 1911 he was a Consulting Surgeon, aged 39 and born in Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was living with his wife of two years Dorothy and son Arthur Briant aged 1 at 28 Devonshire Place W, St Marylebone, London, a 6-storey residence containing 18 main rooms and shown in this estate agent's brochure www.savills.co.uk/residential-investment-sales-details/28... The family employed a Nurse, a Cook, a Parlour Maid, a House Maid and a Kitchen Maid. An onlne family tree shows that his wife's name was Dorothy Briant (1887-1983) and he was the son of Samuel Evans (1839-1915) and Sarah Ann Davies (1840). In 1881 they lived at 27 London Road in Neath maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf... where Samuel Evans was an Ironmonger. By 1891 Arthur was a Medical Student. HIs father was a Master Ironmonger. The family home was at 2 Park Road, Neath. Samuel was a successful businessman. When he died in 1915 his estate was valued at £4393 and he lived at Wyndcliffe, Gnoll Road, Neath. Glamorgan Archives at RootsWeb has EVANS -April 13th at Wyndcliffe, Gnoll-road Neath, Samuel EVANS, Ironmonger. Funeral Llantwit Cemetery, Sat 12,Noon. In 1901 Arthur was based in Liverpool and described as East (?) Dispensary Doctor, living alone at 158 Richmond Row.

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Williams Australian Army papers can be seen here naa12.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Bar... He was born Fremantle and had been employed as a Clerk prior to enlisting. He gave his next of kin as his father, living at 29 Hampton Road, Fremantle.(Subsequent mails went to 9 Hampden Road, so may be an error) He is described as 5 feet 8 and a quarter inches tall, weighed 175 pounds with a fresh complexion, grey eyes and brown hair. His religion is given as Congregalionalist. It looks like he had to resign from some kind of militia unit in order to be able to enlist for service overseas. His military career seems to have followed a not untypical pattern for Australian soldiers, with several offences for being absent from parade and AWOL while stationed in England but rapidly promoted once in the field. Even whilst recovering he went AWOL from hospital for 3 days. As well as the Croix de Guerre, the note on his records read "Commendation of the Div.Commandant at Armentieres. 8.3.17 During a bombardment of the town by the enemy, Cpl Bawden by allaying(?) the alarm of the residents(?) + helping the wounded. A factory was being shelled causing casualties among the women workers. On hearing cries for assistance Cpl Bawden entered the building and ??? assisted in the removal of the wounded workers while the factory was still being shelled - before all were removed he himself was severely wounded. (??? = handwriting is indecipherable. The citation isn't typed out anywhere in his records)

It is tempting to assume that this picture was taken after his injuries had been managed, perhaps even after the war. His uniform is in particularly good condition for the time and the right side of his face, sympathetically in shadow, does appear to be disfigured.

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