BORN HULL 1890. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM & JENNY COOPER, AT 217 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. SON OF A GREEN GROCER. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER. ENLISTED HULL. JOINED AS 935933, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 18/05/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 19TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/04/1918, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE LEFT A SISTER, MAUD
First name:
ERNEST HENRY
Military Number:
84580
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
28
