Lewis Reuben Cooper

• Born: About 1884
• Where: Tharston, Norfolk
• Enlisted: 8 Jul 1916
• Rank: Gunner
• Service No.: 102203
• Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
• Service : 219th Siege Battery
• Date of Death: 17 Oct 1917
• Cemetery: Voormezeele Enclosures No.1 and No.2 (CWGC link)
• Grave Ref.: I. L. 17.

References sources:

• CWGC - including some cemetery documents
• Forces War Records - subscription site
  
• FindMyPast - subscription site
• The Genealogist - subscription site
  

Further Info:

• Full name Lewis Reuben Cooper
• Son of Jonah and Sophia (nee Tunmore) Cooper
• 1884: birth (reg. 1884 Q1 Depwade Vol 4B Page 255)
• 1891 Census: Aslacton, Norfolk, age 7 (RG13 Piece 1864 Folio 15 Page 1)
• 1901 Census: Aslacton, Norfolk, age 17, teamster on farm (RG13 Piece 1864 Folio 15 Page 1)
• 1903: married Priscilla Riches (reg. Q2 1903 Depwade Vol 4B Page 441)
• 1910: found guilty at Norwich Assizes, with father Jonah, of stealing goods from Edward Betts of Moulton - 3 months hard labour
• 1911 Census: Aslacton, Norfolk, age27, labourer (RG14 PN11456 RD230 SD3 ED2 SN109)

Gunner 102203, 219th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 17 October 1917. Born Tharston, enlisted Norwich, resident Long Stratton. Buried in VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row L. Grave 17.

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