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COMPLETED - William Cooper
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:47 pm
by mallosa
Can we find out more on William Cooper, Is he on BCC? I'd like to add a link to this photo...
gallery/image_page.php?album_id=90&image_id=10099
Re: William Thomas Cooper
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:02 pm
by mjay
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:09 pm
by mallosa
Sorry Mandy, I should have said William Cooper, so could it have been his father
I have altered his name in my subject title
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:30 pm
by mallosa
...so this is who I'm looking for
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:37 am
by Jimmy
There is this one,
Worcestershire.
Place (link for place information) Oldbury.
Church name Christ Church.
Register type Parish Register.
Baptism date 13 Mar 1855.
Person forename William
Person sex M.
Person abode Warley Bank.
Father forename Joseph
Father surname COOPER.
Father occupation Labourer.
Mother forename Sarah.
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:17 pm
by Jimmy
1861. Mill Road, Langley, Oldbury.
Joseph Cooper 28. Coke works labourer. Packwood, Warwickshire.
Sarah Cooper 26. Langley, Worcs.
William Cooper 6.Langley, Worcs.
John Cooper 4. Langley, Worcs.
Joseph Cooper 10/12. Langley, Worcs.
West Midlands Marriage 1854.
COOPER Joseph. HANSON Sarah. Oldbury, Holy Trinity. Sandwell, Register Office. 17/1/38.
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:20 pm
by Jimmy
COOPER, WILLIAM. HANSON.
GRO Reference: 1855. M. Quarter. in WEST BROMWICH. Volume 06B. Page 557.
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:06 pm
by Jimmy
William Thomas Cooper.
Birth Place: Oldbury, Worcs.
Death Date: 13 Mar 1915.
Death Place: France and Flanders.
Enlistment Place: Oldbury.
Rank: CSM.
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regimental Number: 5749.
Type of Casualty: Killed in action.
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre.
Not on Commonwealth War Graves.
Re: William Thomas Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:38 pm
by mallosa
That certainly ties in with this one doesn't it?
My g/dad was preacher William Cooper ! His son was Sgt Major in Worcs ! Killed in Neuve Chappell in WWl
Photo courtesy of his grandson George Webb
What does - Rank:
CSM. stand for Jimmy - something Sgt Major?
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:41 pm
by Jimmy
I couldn't see one that was a preacher other wise it looks right.
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:43 pm
by Jimmy
Csm I think is company sergeant major.
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:45 pm
by mallosa
Ahhh....
Perhaps he was a Lay Preacher and did it alongside his normal job?
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:47 pm
by Jimmy
Or command sergeant major.
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:40 pm
by mallosa
Looking at his British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 (If we have the correct William Thomas Cooper - Sgt Major,) It seems he changed his religion in 1909 from Weslyan to Roman Catholic
Re: William Cooper
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:43 pm
by mallosa
....and he was killed in action at Neuve Chapell, just as his grandson George said!
His wife was Annie