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Son of Mr. J. J. Cooper, of 2, St. James' Cottages, Brentwood Rd., Romford, Essex, England.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred William Cooper
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Private Alfred William Cooper
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll
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Private Alfred William Cooper
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 517 of 818. Private Alfred William Cooper was originally buried in Riaumont Cemetery, Lievin, 1 ½ mile South of Lens. After the Armistice, in the process of concentration of graves from the battlefields North and South of Lens and from smaller cemeteries, his body was exhumed and re-interred in LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
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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 517 of 818. Private Alfred William Cooper was originally buried in Riaumont Cemetery, Lievin, 1 ½ mile South of Lens. After the Armistice, in the process of concentration of graves from the battlefields North and South of Lens and from smaller cemeteries, his body was exhumed and re-interred in LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 220 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.
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