| From military sources |
| Name: | Lewis Reuben COOPER (link to CWGC) |
| Service record: |   |
| Rank: | Gunner |
| Birth place: | Tharston, Norfolk |
| Residence: | Long Stratton, Norfolk |
| Service number: | 102203 |
| Enlistment location: | Norwich, Norfolk |
| Regiment: | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Battalion: | 219th Siege Battery |
| Service dates: | Served on home soil: 8 Jul 1916 to 8 Feb 1917 |
| B.E.F.: 9 Feb 1917 to 17 Oct 1917 |
| Date of death: | 17 Oct 1917 |
| Death location: | France & Flanders |
| Type of casualty: | Died of wounds |
| Grave reference: | I. L. 17. |
| Memorial: | Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2 (link to CWGC) |
| Supplementary Notes: | - |
| Other personal details |
| Birth: | Civil Registration (1884 Q1 Depwade Vol 4B Page 255)  |
| Baptism: | in Wacton on 8 Jul 1888, age given as 4 years old |
| Marriage: | to Priscilla RICHES on 30 Apr 1902 at Aslacton |
| Banns read in Aslacton on 6 Apr 1902, 13 Apr 1902 and 20 Apr 1902 |
| Civil Registration (1902 Q2 Depwade Vol 4B Page 441) |
| Census returns: | 1891, Aslacton, age 7 (RG12 1549 18 9) |
| 1901, Aslacton, 17, teamster on farm (RG13 1864 15 1) |
| 1911, Aslacton, 27, labourer (RG14PN11456 RG78PN625 RD230 SD3 ED2 SN109) |
| Family |
| Father: | Jonah COOPER (1851 - 1825) |
| Mother: | Sophia FLATT (1847 - 1920) - married 26 Mar 1883 in Tharston, she a widow |
| Known siblings: | Albert (1886 - 1943), Edith Rose (1889 - ????) |
| Spouse: | Priscilla RICHES (1885 - ????) - married 3 Apr 1902 in Aslacton |
| Known children: | Laura Elizabeth Maud (4 Jul 1904 - ????), Lewis John (30 Aug 1905 - ????), Edith Priscilla (25 Oct 1906 - ????), Alfred Wilfred (12 Jan 1910 - ????), Gladys Louisa (6 Nov 1908 - ????), Hilda Violet (22 Oct 1911 - ????), Ivy Mabel (5 Mar 1913 - ????), Reuben John (6 Jun 1914 - ????), Walter Kitchener (17 Aug 1916 - ????) |
| Documents |
| CWGC - Grave Registration Reports (2) ( 1 : 2 ) |
| CWGC - Headstone Documents (2) ( 1 : 2 ) |
| Miscellaneous |
| CWGC: | Death Certificate CWGC |
| Photos |
Royal Garrison Artillery, cap badge
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Voormezeele, Enclosures Nos.1 and 2
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Voormezeele (JB)
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Lewis Cooper, memorial (JB)
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