Herbert Beaumont Cooper

Herbert's military record and Jane's photos

  • Born: About 1893
  • Where: Long Stratton, Norfolk
  • Enlisted: Norwich
  • Rank: Private
  • Service No.: 14695
  • Regiment: Norfolk Regiment
  • Service : 7th Battalion
  • Date of Death: 14 Oct 1917
  • Cemetery: Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux (CWGC link)
  • Grave Ref.: I. O. 17.

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Further Info:

  • Son of William Joseph and Frances Ann (nee Beaumont) Cooper
  • 1893: birth (reg. 1892 Q3 Depwade Norfolk Vol 4B Page 244)
  • 1901 Census: Tharston, Norfolk, age 8 (RG13 Piece 1862 Folio 128 Page 7)
  • 1911 Census: Tharston, Norfolk, age 16, farm labourer (RG14 PN11462 RD230 SD3 ED8 SN92)
Two quotes from 'Roll of Honour' website:

Private 14695, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 14 October 1917. Born Long Stratton, enlisted Norwich. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row O. Grave 17. See also Liverpool Street Station, London

Permanent Way Labourer, Lowestoft (Central) - Private 14695, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed in action 14 October 1917. Born Long Stratton, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway 16 March 1914. Enlisted 1914 in Norwich, Norfolk. Buried in MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row O. Grave 17. See also Tharston, Norfolk.

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