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Sapper WILLIAM JOHN COOPER

Service Number: 545326
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

87th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

I. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas James and Elizabeth Sarah Cooper, of "Gladwyn," Winchester Rd., Romsey, Hants.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 556
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