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Military Record for Herbert Beaumont COOPER

From military sources
Name:Herbert Beaumont COOPER (link to CWGC)
Rank:Private
Birth place:Long Stratton, Norfolk
Service number:14695
Enlistment location:Norwich, Norfolk
Regiment:Norfolk Regiment
Battalion:7th Battalion
Date of death:14 October 1917
Death location:France and Flanders
Type of casualty:Killed in action
Grave reference:I. O. 17.
Memorial:Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux (link to CWGC)
Supplementary Notes:Born Long Stratton, Norfolk in 1895; son of William Joseph and Frances Ann Cooper, of Tharston, Norwich, Norfolk
Other personal details
Birth:Civil Registration - not found
Census returns give birth place as Long Stratton, Norfolk in circa 1895
Census returns:1901 - Tharston, Norfolk - age 8 (RG13 1862 128 7)
1911 - Tharston, Norfolk - age 16 - occupation Farm Labourer (RG14PN11462 RG78PN625 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN92)
Family
Father:William Joseph COOPER (1855 - ????)
Mother:Frances Ann UNKNOWN (1858 - ????)
Known siblings:Beatrice M (1891 - ????), Frank Gordon (1897 - ????)
Documents
CWGC - Grave Registration Reports (2) (link to CWGC)
CWGC - Headstone Documents (2) (link to CWGC)
Miscellaneous
CWGC:Death Certificate CWGC
Photos

Herbert Cooper (JB)
“When we got to this cemetery it would appear that someone
had already visited Herbert Cooper’s grave that week as
there was photograph of him in the visitors’ book and the
book was signed.” - Jane Butland
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Norfolk Regiment, cap badge
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Monchy British Cemetary, Monchy Le Preux
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Monchy British Cemetary, name plaque (JB)
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Monchy British Cemetary, monument (JB)
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Herbert Cooper, headstone (JB)
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Jack BUCK : COOPER Lewis


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