Frank Cooney - 3rd Coldstream Guards - Sunderland
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SUNDERLAND SOLDIER WINS THE D.C.M. The following letter has been received by Mrs. Pattison, 14, St Marks Street, Millfield, Sunderland, from her nephew, Lce-Corpl. Frank Cooney, of the 3rd Coldstream Guards: "I expect you will be pleased to hear that I have won the D.C.M. It was for going down a mine after some chaps who were gassed down there. We got all of them out all right, but one poor chap died." This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 22nd of May 1915. During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past. The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images or have any stories or information to add please comment below. Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt" >www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order. -
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What does this mean? Public Domain Mark -
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