Frederick George Cooper
He was a printer.
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Frederick George Cooper was born in 1891 at Nottingham, he was the son of the late Thomas Cooper a general carter and Elizabeth Cooper née Parkin and the brother of Arthur and Ida Cooper. He was the half brother of John and Anne Day.
His father Thomas was born in 1839 at Nottingham he died in 1907 at Nottingham he was 68 yrs old, his mother Elizabeth Parkin was born in 1856 at Selston, they were married at Nottingham they had 3 children, their other surviving children were Arthur Cooper born 1894 and Ida Cooper born 1900
In the 1911 census the family are living at 18 Machine Street, Barker Gate Nottingham
Elizabeth Cooper 56 yrs a widow and a newsagent is living with her children, John Charles Day 36 yrs a labourer, Annie Day 25 yrs a lace worker, Frederick George 19 yrs a printer, Arthur Cooper 17 yrs a polisher and Ida Cooper 10 yrs a scholar.
He was the husband of Elsie Maud Shepherd (born 4th August 1893,) they were married on 28th September 1912 at St Marys Church, Notingham, they lived at 97 Maill Street, Radford, they had a a daughter Elsie Polly born 7th December 1914.
Commencing 19th February 1917 his widow was awarded a pension of 15 shillings a week.
Driver Frederick Cooper, enlisted in Nottingham and served with “A” Battery, 52nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery, he was killed in action on 23rd July 1916. He is buried in Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt.
In memoriam published 23rd July 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“COOPER. – In loving memory of Driver Frederick Cooper, R.F.A., beloved husband of Elsie Cooper, killed in action July 22nd, 1916. I think of him in silence, his name I often call, but there is nothing here to answer but his photo on the wall. – Sadly missed and mourned by his wife and child.”
Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Frederick George Cooper
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle