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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
2nd Div. Ammunition Col.
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
May 20, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. J. 15.
Additional information
Son of Richard John and Elizabeth Cooper, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Nora Cooper, Temperance Hotel, Ponteland, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
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This is the Town Hall at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Inside there is a Roll of Honour on which Walter's name is commemorated. -
Tableau d’honneur
The Roll of Honour inside the Town Hall at Burton-on-Trent -
Inscription
Walter's name on the Roll of Honour. He enlisted at Victoria on 9th April 1915 and was a book-keeper-salesman by occupation. He and his wife, Nora, lived at 2655 Rose St., Victoria. -
Pierre Tombale
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Coupure de presse
From the Daily Colonist of June 21, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y166uvic#page/n0/mode/1up -
Photo de WALTER JOHN COOPER
From the Daily Colonist of June 22, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y167uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Walter John Cooper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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