Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Cooper
In memory of:
Baker John Cooper
November 12, 1942
Mediterranean Sea
Military Service
91990
36
Merchant Navy
Naval Auxiliary Personnel
H.M.S. Karanja (London, England) (162554)
Additional Information
May 6, 1906
Portseoy, Banffshire, Scotland
Son of John Cooper and Margaret Stephen Murray, of Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland. Husband of Ethel William, of Westmount, Montréal, Québec.
On 12 November 1942, during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, the Karanja was attacked, bombed and sunk at 8.30 am by a German aircraft off Bougie, Algeria. Of its crew, 44 sailors lost their lives. The survivors were rescued by the SS Strathnaver.
Commemorated on Page 66 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LIVERPOOL NAVAL MEMORIAL
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Panel 15, Column 1.
The Memorial is situated on the Mersey River Front at the Pier Head, Liverpool, close to and behind the Liver Buildings and the end of James Street. From the end of the M62 motorway follow the signs for the City Centre and Maritime Museum. The Liverpool Memorial consists of a circular column, faced in Portland stone, on a raised semi-circular platform; on its summit is a device of reflecting lenses, suggestive of a beacon. The platform is approached from the promenade by a flight of steps and is surrounded by a wall. At the head of the steps, at each end of the wall, there is a globe; one side being a celestial globe ornamented with the signs of the Zodiac, and the other side being a terrestrial globe showing the countries and seas of the world. Set in recesses in the wall are the bronze panels that bear the names of over 1300 casualties. At the base of the column, facing the steps and the promenade, beneath the Naval badge of the Naval Crown, wreath, and foul anchor, is carved the inscription:
THESE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE MERCHANT NAVY DIED WHILE SERVING WITH THE ROYAL NAVY AND HAVE NO GRAVE BUT THE SEA. 1939 - 1945.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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