Private 66206 Joseph Cooper
Regiment/Unit: Northumberland Fusiliers - 19th Bn. (Tyneside Pioneers)
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 63187, Manchester Regt.
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 1st of June 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Bolton, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Martinsart British Cemetery - I. G. 10.
Family details:
Son of Uriah Cooper, of 41, Victoria St., Farnworth, Bolton. Father Uriah and Miss Mary A Jagger are joint legatees
Census details:
1901 - Shows 1 year old Joseph living at Hall Lane, St Helens with his parents Uriah (27), Mary E (28) and sister Lavinia (4 days). 1911 - Sees 11 years old schoolboy Joseph living at 73 High Street, Little Lever, Nr Bolton with his parents Uriah (38), Harriet (35), and seven siblings: Angelina (14), Lavina (10), Uriah (8), Samuel (7), Mary Elizabeth (5), May Angelina (2), Florence Lily (9mths).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/66206JosephCooper.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Cooper_NF.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Joseph Cooper at Martinsart British Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
