Kathleen Elsie Cooper
Worked at Messrs. James Blount Lewis (Underwear and Knitwear Manufacturers) of Haydn Road, Nottingham.
Also worked for a short time at Boot's The Chemist.
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Born : in the first quarter of 1923 : Nottingham.
Youngest Daughter of : Percy George Cooper and Frances Cooper nee Would.
Percy George Cooper was born on the 3rd October 1887, Great Eastern Terrace, St. Ann's, Nottingham : Died : 6th September 1940 after falling from the back of his lorry into the path of a following vehicle.
Frances Would was born on the 28th Novenber 1885 : Died : 12th June 1954 in Nottingham General Hospital.
She had 5 Brothers and 1 Sister.
Samuel Percy Coope : Born : 24th June 1911 : February February 1994 : Nottingham.
John William Cooper : Born : 23rd January 1914 : Nottingham : Died : 12th July 1974 : Mapperley, Nottingham.
Francis James Cooper : Born : 4th May 1917 : Hood Street, Sherwood, Nottingham Died : 17th December 1919 : Nottingham General Hospital.
Jessie Elizabeth Cooper : Born : 13th July 1920 : Nottingham : Died : July 2003 : Lincolnshire.
Her younger Brother, Leonard Charles Cooper : Born : 11th February 1926 : Nottinghamshire : Died : 10th September 2006 : Nottinghamshire.
According to the 1939 Register the Family were living at : 4. Springfield Road, Arnold, Nottingham.
Percy George Cooper, a Master Fish Fryer and Volunteer, Air Raid Precaution Warden, Kathleen Elsie Cooper, aged 16 years, also at home was her younger Brother, Leonard Cooper, a Scholar, no mention of her Mother or other Siblings.
Her Father, Service Number, 38775 served as a Private Soldier in World War One with the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, he is also listed as serving with the 2nd/7th (Robin Hoods) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment at the time his Son, Francis James Cooper was born (Noted on his Birth Certificate) on the 12th June 1917.
Brother, John William Cooper served as a Rifleman, served as a Gunner in World War 2 with the Royal Artillery.
Brother, Leonard Charles Cooper Service Number, 21041510 also served as a Rifleman in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in Palestine & India between 1945-1949.
Enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, aged 18 years in 1941.
A member of the Balloon Barrage Section.
Posted to : 906 Balloon Squadron.
Based at : Kensington, London. W8 in 1943.
Taken ill and admitted to : St. Mary Abbott's Hospital, Kensington, London. W8 where she died of Tuberculosis on the 16th July 1943, aged, 20 years.
Her body was returned to Nottingham and buried alongside her Father and Mother in the Family's grave in Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Buried : Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road, hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section : West : Class : A. : Grave : 2038.
Commemorated : Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Photo of Kathleen Elsie Cooper
Photograph of Leading Aircraft Woman, Kathleen Elsie Cooper's headstone in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 17th May 2025.
Photo of Kathleen Elsie Cooper
Photograph of a sketch by an unknown Artist of Leading Aircraft Woman, Kathleen Elsie Cooper, 906 Balloon Squadron, Women's Auxiliary Air Force supplied by Gary Crosby.
Photo of Kathleen Elsie Cooper
Photograph of the Chapel and Graveyard in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.
Photo of Kathleen Elsie Cooper
Photograph of the Royal Air Force Balloon Command Crest, supplied by Gary Crosby.