BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WALTER JAMES COOPER & KATE COOPER, AT THIS ADDRESS AND 1 THE AVENUE, PARK STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A POST OFFICE MESSENGER IN HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MOVED TO CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY, LANCS. ENLISTED IN SALFORD, LANCASHIRE. SERVED WITH THE 2ND LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/10/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS YOUNG WIDOW. NELLIE SMITH, WHO MOVED TO BARNSLEY. HE LEFT A BROTHER, WALTER JAMES COOPER, AND SISTER, ELIZABETH MAUDE COOPER.
First name:
ERIC STANLEY
Regiment:
Military Number:
37665
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
