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Walter John Cooper

In memory of:

Lieutenant Walter John Cooper

May 20, 1917

Military Service

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

2nd Div. Ammunition Col.

Additional Information

Son of Richard John and Elizabeth Cooper, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Nora Cooper, Temperance Hotel, Ponteland, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

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:

V. J. 15.

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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  • Photo of 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

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    Photo of WALTER JOHN COOPER
    Photo of 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
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of June 21, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y166uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of June 21, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y166uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Town Hall– This is the Town Hall at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Inside there is a Roll of Honour on which Walter's name is commemorated.

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    Town Hall
    Town Hall – This is the Town Hall at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Inside there is a Roll of Honour on which Walter's name is commemorated.
  • Roll of Honour– The Roll of Honour inside the Town Hall at Burton-on-Trent

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    Roll of Honour
    Roll of Honour – 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.

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    Inscription
    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.
  • Grave Marker– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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