COOPER, William George Albert
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 108241
Born:
Thursday, March 31, 1921
Birthplace:
Hornsey, London
Died :
Sunday, June 4, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Marine William Cooper died during a raid on the Island of Brac, Yugoslavia. Initially buried with others on Brac near Nerezische, their remains were later reinterred in a collective grave at Belgrade War Cemetery. Son of John William and Charlotte Cooper; husband of Mary Margaret Cooper, of Lower Edmonton, Middlesex.
Those buried with him are Marines Hopper, Pickering and Tarrant of 40RM Commando, and Marines Brookes, Hurst, Ivens, and Williamson of 43RM Commando.
Sources
CWGC main entry.
CWGC Grave Registration Report.
Email response from CWGC verifying location of initial burial.
CWGC main entry.
CWGC Grave Registration Report.
Email response from CWGC verifying location of initial burial.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/129.
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