BORN WOOTON UNDER EDGE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1896. SON OF ROBERT GRANTLEY COOPER AND MARTHA ELEANOR COOPER, OF 66 CLARENDON STREET, HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WALTER EDWARD COOPER, EYR AT THIS ADDRESS, OFF FOUNTAIN ROAD. HE WAS SINGLE AND WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/325, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, FRANCE.
First name:
ROBERT JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/325
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
20