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Geoffrey Stapleton Rowe Roper

In memory of:

Lieutenant Geoffrey Stapleton Rowe Roper

May 12, 1917

Military Service


Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Yorkshire Regiment

Division:

3rd Bn. attd. 7th Bn.

Citation(s):

Military Cross

Additional Information


Son of George and Elizabeth Roper, of Richmond, Yorkshire, England.

Commemorated on Page 580 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XVII. AA. 21.

Location:

Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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