Herbert Victor Cooper
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Herbert Victor was the only son of Herbert and Sarah Cooper. Herbert was born in 1847 in Nottingham and Sarah in 1858 in Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire. They were probably married in 1895 in Nottingham and had two children, Herbert Victor b. Nottingham 1896 (J/A/S Nottingham) and Pauiine Winifred Rosa b. Nether Broughton Leicestershire birth registered 1899 (J/F/M Melton Mowbray) born, according to the 1939 England & Wales Register, on 24 November 1898. In 1901 the family was living on Woodthorpe Drive, Nottingham: Herbert (54), a hosiery outfitter (employer), Sarah (43), Herbert (4) and Pauline (2). By 1911 the family had moved to 20 Drury Hill, Nottingham, where Sarah (53) was working as an antiques dealer on her own account (shop/at home) and Herbert (64) was assisting in the business. Both Herbert (14) and Pauline (12) were in the home on the night of the census. The family was still living at 20 Drury Hill when Herbert Victor was killed in February 1917. His mother Sarah died there two months later on 21 April (1917 A/M/J Nottingham) aged 59. His father Herbert died in 1928 (J/A/S Nottingham). Herbert's sister, Pauline, married William H Buxton (b. 8 June 1879) in 1934 (J/A/S Nottingham) and in 1939 at the time of the England & Wales Register they were living at 62 Curzon Street, Nottingham. William was a butcher (shopkeeper) and Sarah's occupation was given as 'household duties & clerk', probably assisting in her husband's business. Pauline died in 1969 (J/F/M Nottingham) aged 70.
Cooper volunteered for service and following training was drafted to France on 28 October 1915. He was killed in action during a quiet period near the village of Zillebeke in the Ypres Salient on 20 February 1917 and buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) grave ref VII.H16.
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Roll of Honour’, 12 March 1917: Cooper. Killed in action in France, February 20th, 1917, Rifleman Herbert Victor Cooper, London Regiment, aged 20, only son of Mr and Mrs H Cooper of 20, Drury-hill, Nottingham.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 20 February 1920: ‘Cooper. In loving memory of Rifleman Herbert Victor Cooper, killed in action near Ypres, February 20th only son of Mr and the late Mrs Cooper, Drury-hill, Nottingham. From father and sister.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Registers of Soldiers' Effects: His father, Herbert, was his legatee. Nottingham Evening Post, ‘Deaths’, 24 April 1917: ‘Cooper. On April 21st at Drury-hill, Sarah, the beloved wife of Herbert Cooper, aged 59’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 21 April 1920: ‘Cooper. In loving memory of my dear wife Sarah who died April 21st 1917. Husband and daughter’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
