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Captain DEREK JOSEPH PERCIE COOPER

Service Number: 117190
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBERWELL NEW CEMETERY

Square 78. Grave 3693.

United Kingdom

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q., 1st Airborne Div.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. Percie C. Cooper and Ida Ellen Cooper, of Dulwich, London.
  • Personal Inscription DEREK. BELOVED ONLY SON OF LT.COL. AND MRS. PERCIE COOPER. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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