BORN ELBERTHORPE, SKIRLAUGH, 1900. SON OF ROBERT & MARY COOPER, FROM SKIRLAUGH AND 71 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 81302, 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 27/05/1918, AGED 18.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER ROBERT. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S MARFLEET MEMORIAL, THE COTTINGHAM WW1 MEMORIAL, HALLGATE AND AT ST JAMES CHURCH MEMORIAL, ELLERBY. THIS ADDRESS IS FROM CWGC RECORDS.
First name:
HEDLEY
Military Number:
81302
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
18
71 , HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried