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Cpl. James Cookson
2/4th Border Regiment
from:Kendal
James Cookson worked for Simpsons, the furniture makers, in Kendal. He also inscribed the names on gravestones; was a gifted photographer; and carved nearly all of the amazing woodwork decorations at Blackwell House. He was also a gifted artist who not only took his sketchbook and paints to Peshawar but used them to great effect.

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