Military Chat

(nice one AQ)

Chris :)

Thank you Potty

Thank you Austin O I had seen Fred and Daughter on Family search but need to check if they were the right people before I went any further
:-D

This site will give details of how to find officers' service records but not all survive:

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/british-officers-ww1-service-records.htm

Fred's death:

Name: Fred Cooper
Birth Date: 31 May 1895
Date of Registration: Nov 1985
Age at Death: 90
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire
Volume: 5 Page: 960
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His wife's death:

Name: Alice Cooper
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1901
Date of Registration: Jun 1981
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Bradford
Inferred County: West Yorkshire
Volume: 4 Page: 0345

Daughter's marriage:

First name(s) MARGARET L S
Last name COOPER
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1953
Spouse: WILLIAM B STEAD
District BRADFORD
County Yorkshire
Volume 2B Page 123
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And death:

Name: Margaret Lillian S Stead
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1926
Date of Registration: Jun 1997
Age at Death: 70
Registration district: Claro
Inferred County: North Yorkshire
Register Number: B45A
District and Subdistrict: 6501B
Entry Number: 23

and daughter: (nice looking family)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5Y8-SCTX?mode=g&i=29&cc=1932363

Name Margaret Lillian Speight Cooper
Event Type Immigration
Event Date 1948
Event Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender Female
Marital Status Single
Nationality English
Traveling With Children No
Birth Date 27 Jul 1926
Birthplace Calverley
Father's Name Fred Cooper

Yes, it is the correct marriage- this is Alice (with photo!)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5YN-9PVB?mode=g&i=165&cc=1932363

Event Type Immigration
Event Date 1948
Event Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Nationality English
Traveling With Children No
Birth Date 17 Oct 1901
Birthplace Bury
Father's Name Thomas Speight
Mother's Name Lillian Speight

Likely marriage:

Name: Alice Speight
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1925
Registration district: Bolton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Spouse: Fred Cooper
Volume Number: 8c
Page Number: 481

So this is him in 1939:

1054 Bolton Road , Bradford C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Fred Cooper 31 May 1895 Male Exporter Of Textile Machinery Married
Alice Cooper 17 Oct 1901 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Margaret L S Stead (Cooper) 27 Jul 1926 Female At School Single

Photo on this record too!

Name Fred Cooper
Event Type Immigration
Event Date 1948
Event Place Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Nationality English
Traveling With Children No
Birth Date 31 May 1895
Birthplace Horwich
Parents: Robert Cooper & Margaret Cooper

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRDW-9N81?mode=g&cc=1932363

Thank you Chris Ho plenty for me to look at

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1363270

(relating for reference)

http://boltonremembers.org/name/cooper-f-second-lieutenant-loyal-north-lancashire-regiment/

Chris :)

(looks like he was awarded Military Cross)

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-gallantry-awards.htm#MC

(could perhaps then be on below)

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/


(perhaps Bolton Archives would do a look up for you, regarding Newspaper items on Brothers)

Hi all
Have already posted on Finding Ancestors but have been advised to post on the section as someone maybe able to help

Looking for information - Service Record for the following person
My own information is limited
Fred Cooper bc 1895 Bolton (Horwich) Lancashire
no other details other than his home address and his Rank: Lieutenant
Father Robert Allen Cooper Mother Margaret Chisnall
Address when enlisting 14 Melbourne Grove Horwich

the information Rank and home address was found when looking for his brother Herbert Allen Cooper The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment "Killed in Action"

Any ideas where I can start to look for FRED COOPER I do not have subscriptions to any other sites,

It is possible Fred went to the Ohio, USA in c1920

Many thanks