BORN HULL 01/09/1890. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM COOPER (1860-1910) & ANNIE MARIA INGRAM (1864-1930), OF 34 STANIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. AN ENGINE CLEANER FOR THE NORTH EAST RAILWAYS.
HE MARRIED ADA WAUDBY (1891-1977), AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HULL, ON 31/08/1912. THEY LIVED AT 15 CHESTNUT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR CHILDREN, JAMES AND GLADYS (WAR PENSION RECORDS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26372, THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/05/1918, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA.
BURIED: CHAMBRECY BRITISH CEMETERY, MARNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “BELOVED HUSBAND OF ADA COOPER THY WILL BE DONE”
First name:
GEORGE WALTER
Military Number:
44579
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
27/05/1918
Place died:
Chambrecy British Cemetery, Marne, France
Age:
27
15, CHESTNUT AVENUE, WELLSTED STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
