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Charles Edwin Cooper

In memory of:

Major Charles Edwin Cooper

April 28, 1917

Military Service

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

3rd Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Cross

Additional Information

Born:

June 11, 1880
Alcester, England

Enlistment:

September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Spouse of Sarah Cooper of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. G. 19.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of CHARLES EDWIN COOPER– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of CHARLES EDWIN COOPER – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of CHARLES EDWIN COOPER– In memory of the employees of the T. Eaton Company that went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of CHARLES EDWIN COOPER – In memory of the employees of the T. Eaton Company that went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial Plaque– Major Charles Edward Cooper's name appears on this Memorial Plaque.

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    Memorial Plaque – Major Charles Edward Cooper's name appears on this Memorial Plaque.
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  • Diary– Third Battalion war diary entries for April 27-29, 1917 include information about the death and burial of Major Charles Edwin Cooper. Source: National Archives Canada.

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    Diary – Third Battalion war diary entries for April 27-29, 1917 include information about the death and burial of Major Charles Edwin Cooper. Source: National Archives Canada.
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  • Photo of CHARLES EDWIN COOPER– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Photo of CHARLES EDWIN COOPER – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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