COOPER, Ernest

Credit: CWGC

Private

2nd Battalion

Hampshire Regiment

Ernest was born 1886 in Newport to Thomas David & Louisa (nee CHANT) COOPER. In 1891 the family were living at 10 Cross Lane in Newport & by 1901 had moved to 113 St. James’ Street also in the town. In 1906 at the Newport Registry Office he married Annie Alice KNAPP & in 1911 the couple were living at 92 High Street in Newport.

Ernest, aged 30, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 23rd of April 1917. His body was never recovered or identified & so Ernest is commemorated by the Commission upon the Arras Memorial to The Missing in France together with 34,802 of his missing First World War comrades.

Ernest is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.