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Military service
Service number:
A/20029
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th. Bn.
Birth:
Abbotts Bromley, Stafford, England
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
January 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 81.
Additional information
Son of Charles Henry and Alice Mary Cooper, of Stonewall, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
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Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CONNON TO CORBETT. Microform Sequence 22; Volume Number 31829_B016731. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 166. Page 591 of 818. -
Plaque
Bank of Hamilton War Memorial Plaque. The Bank of Hamilton (1872-1924) headquarters was located during the first World War at King and James Street, Hamilton, Ontario. Many of the men listed on this memorial were employed at Bank of Hamilton branches located across Canada. The Bank merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1924. -
Inscription
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Monument commémoratif
This is the War Memorial in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England where Gilbert Cooper was born and on which his name is commemorated. -
Monument commémoratif
Gilbert Cooper's name inscribed on one of the panels on the village war memorial. He enlisted at Winnipeg on 30th December 1914 and stated on his Attestation Paper that he was a bank clerk. -
Pierre tombale
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Coupure de presse
From the London Free Press Feb. 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
Digital gallery of
Private Gilbert Edward Cooper
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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