BORN HULL 1881. ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE THOMAS COOPER. HE MARRIED MARY JANE CHAPMAN AT SKIRLAUGH, IN 1909. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR SON THOMAS, AT 49 SOUTHGATE, HORNSEA. WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER. ENLISTED IN HORNSEA, ON 06/12/1915. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 11/12/1916. KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 04/10/1917, AGED 36. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 303 DAYS. COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
Thanks to Kevin Cooper who supplied the above information on 25/09/2015.
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/66809682/person/34153623553
First name:
GEORGE WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
24690
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/10/1917
Place died:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
36
1 BANK STREET, HORNSEA, HORNSEA, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
