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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 30 Sep 2014 20:46

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(Cemetery above)

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GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1939 to 1948) (Find My Past)
First name(s) NORMAN M
Last name COOPER
Death year 1945
Service number 13085653
Rank Lance Corporal
Regiment or unit Royal Pioneer Corps
Record source GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1939 to 1948)
Volume 11
Page 18


https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

(above to order Cert. £9.25)

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 30 Sep 2014 20:28

This Norman McLeod Cooper evidently died in Durham:


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Norman McLeod Cooper
Name: Norman McLeod Cooper
Probate Date: 10 Jul 1945
Death Date: 5 Jan 1945
Death Place: Sunderland
Registry: Durham, England


Edit: Original doesn't say that he died in Durham, only that he died on war service. Probate to widow Sarah Jane Cooper.

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Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

John

John Report 30 Sep 2014 19:12

does it say how he died flip right norman thank you

Researching:
james kerr born 1791 john robinson 1811 sedgefield alexander lyall 1850s aberdeen

Flip

Flip Report 30 Sep 2014 19:09

Is this the one - the only Norman Cooper I can see dying in Italy in 1945?

Lance Corporal Service No:13085653 Date of Death:05/01/1945 Age:29 Regiment/Service:Pioneer Corps 11 Coy. Grave Reference: XII. H. 2. Cemetery: FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

Norman Mcleod Cooper age 29

Additional Information: Son of William and Florence Cooper, of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of Sarah Jane Cooper, of Sunderland.

His record would still be with the MOD.

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Anything & everything!

John

John Report 30 Sep 2014 18:54

looking to see if anyone can help me , im looking to see if anyone can tell me how norman cooper [lance corporal] died in 1945 while based in Italy

Researching:
james kerr born 1791 john robinson 1811 sedgefield alexander lyall 1850s aberdeen