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General => World War One => Armed Forces => WW1 In Memoriam => Topic started by: Bill 4423 on Friday 07 October 22 15:05 BST (UK)
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Private -Walter Kenneth Cooper 58391 - 2nd / 4th Battalion York & Lancaster – Formally 20021 the Yorkshire Regiment, Died on 5th of November 1918 at Frasnoy northern France, is buried in Awoingt British Cemetery, France. He lived/worked in Eston, South Bank Middleborough, married Florence Beatrice Cox on 15th of December 1917.
Walter was my Granduncle, my grandmother’s younger brother they came from a large family, even for those days (14), 10 of whom lived into adulthood, I am immensely proud to be related to him, He was married less than a year, I haven’t researched if he had children. Unfortunately I don’t have any photographs of him or his family.
A lot of the above information was given by other rootschat members.
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Freebmd and GRO Birth Index Search Facility shows no Births of Cooper/Cox children in Middlesbrough area
after 15 December 1917 Marriage
Soldiers Effects paid to his Widow Florence
Pension paid only to his Widow no Children
There are 20 Burnt pages of his Attestation 20 January 1915 that have survived
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Freebmd and GRO Birth Index Search Facility shows no Births of Cooper/Cox children in Middlesbrough area
after 15 December 1917 Marriage
Soldiers Effects paid to his Widow Florence
Pension paid only to his Widow no Children
There are 20 Burnt pages of his Attestation 20 January 1915 that have survived
Thank you for that information, it will all add to Walters’s story. I assume the attestation papers are on pay site(s) only?
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Hi
Yes the attestation and service record is on Ancestry.There are a lot of pages c 15 and there is also his medal card.Your local library may have the site for free.It's always worth a look.
Apparently they are also available to view at one of the Morman Family History Centers.These would be free.
As we are coming up to Remembrance Day Ancestry often has special offers around that time.It is often free to view those records on Remembrance Weekend for instance.
There are also 18 family trees with him in on Ancestry.It's playing up at the moment so it won't ley me view them but one of them may have photos.
Ciderdrinker
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58391 Walter K Cooper enlisted 12th Yorks Regt 20/01/1915 he was former Draper
He Died of his Wounds 5 November 1918
There are 20 burnt Attestation pages number 41560 to 41580 on Ancestry
Including a letter from his Father In Law asking the Army what happened to his Missing Personal Effects ?
Could only see one Ancestry Tree the Mitchell Tree - no photos
Photos are often printed by the Family in a Local Newspaper with a Memoriam just after Death advised.
Worth a Middlesbrough look
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Thanks gents, really appreciated, I will keep a lookout for ancestry offers! And try a newspaper/photo lookup for him soon.
I was born late in life (was a small boy when my grandmother died) I have very little from the cooper family. My sisters (much older) said my grandmother always mentioned her brother Walter.
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Good Morning
If you're stuck pm me with your email and I'll send a copy of his service records by email or several emails given the amount of pages.
Ciderdrinker
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Sorry to hijack this thread but on the one where you are asking for memorials you can't post images.
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Thanks for that Comberton – sorry I didn’t know images were not allowed on the look up requests board.
I haven’t researched his parents properly but I seem to remember finding his dad may died before this happened which is probably why his wife/ in-laws are announcing his death.
Appreciate your input.
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Incorrect Bill
He was Married hence his Widow Announced the Death in the first Newspaper Announcement
Her Father from his Army Correspondence looked after his Daughter and Son in Law Interests
The Second Memoriam if you Read it clearly states Walter's Parents are Alive in 1918 hence their separate Newspaper Memoriam to their Son.
Mother Rosetta died March Quarter 1930 Cleveland Vol 9d page 623 age 72
Father Joseph died March Quarter 1940 Middlesboro Vol 9d page 1270 age 87
Ancestry User Paige Campbell in Ontario Canada was on Ancestry Today she has only 11 of the 14 Children to 1911
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I found the 4 Children that Died pre 1911 that no one knew
Joseph
Susannah
Twins Frances and Matthew
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Oh dearie me, what a first class idiot I am. The mistake I’ve made is in my haste to reply to comberton I did not read both notices he posted and wrongly assumed they were duplicates as they started off the same, I have just looked at my notes, I previously found (wrongly) a Joseph Cooper who may have been his father, died in guisborough in 1913 and was around the correct age.
I had seen the 1911 census info for the family with the
“Total children born alive” 14
“Children still living” 10.
I had found Joseph’s death in 1881 or thereabouts but did not know of Susannah’s death and had no knowledge of the twins or his parent’s death years, so once again thank you for that. I don't know what I would do without people on here.
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There was a Cooper perhaps Cousin named Joseph who lived in Guisborough not Middlesbrough but also married a Wadlow perhaps Sister of Rosetta
Susannah ( number 1) Born September Quarter 1876 Middlesbrough Vol 9d page 607
Mother's Maiden Name = Wadlow
She died aged 5 December Quarter 1881 Middlesbrough Vol 9d page 379
Susannah ( number 2 ) Born September Quarter 1899 Middlesbrough Vol 9d page 627
Mother's Maiden Name = Wadlow
Twin Frances died aged 0 March Quarter 1879
Twin Matthew died aged 2 March Quarter 1881