Name
Herbert Charles Cooper
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/11/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2620
East Surrey Regiment
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SPOILBANK CEMETERY
I.H.23.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St. Mary’s Church Roll of Honour.
Pre War
Herbert was born on the 18th August 1897, the son of local chimney sweep William Jelly Cooper and his wife Susannah. The family lived at Wrights Cottage in Aston and Herbert was one of eleven children.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in 1914 and was posted to the Western Front on the 5th October 1915. He had only been in France for five weeks when he was shot by a sniper whilst replacing sandbags on a parapet in front of a support trench. Herbert is buried in the Spoilbank Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium. Although his name is recorded on the Roll of Honour in St. Mary’s church it is not recorded on the local war memorial.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
Paul Johnson
