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.
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
