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==Victoria Cross== He was 35 years old, and a [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]], [[British Indian Army]], and [[5 Gorkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Rifles]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: {{quote|For a signal act of valour at the action of the [[Battle of Peiwar Kotal|Peiwar Kotal]] on the 2nd December, 1878, in having, during a very heavy, fire, charged out of the entrenchments with such impetuosity that the enemy broke and fled, when, perceiving, at the close of the melee, the danger of Major Galbraith, Assistant Adjutant-General, Kurum Column Field Force, who was in personal conflict with an Afghan soldier, Captain Cook distracted his attention to himself, and aiming a sword cut which the Douranee avoided, sprang upon him, and, grasping his throat, grappled with him. They both fell to the ground. The Douranee, a most powerful man, still endeavouring to use his rifle, seized Captain Cook's arm in his teeth until the struggle was ended by the man being shot through the head.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24697|page=2241|date=18 March 1879}}</ref>}} He was promoted to the [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom|brevet]] rank of [[Major (rank)|major]] on 22 November 1879 in recognition of his services during the Afghan Campaign.<ref name="Weekes 2009, pp.61β62">Weekes (2009), pp.61β62</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24785|page=6587|date=21 November 1879}}</ref>
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