Henry George Cooper . British Army My grandfather who died in the 1970s who was interred at Stalag XXA his name was Harry Cooper. I do not know his regiment but know he was with the rear guard at Dunkirk. I am trying to find information.
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J Cooper . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Cooper served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. J. M. Cooper . British Army 51st Highland Div. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders My father, Pte. J.M. Cooper, POW No. 107, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (51st Highland Division) was captured near St Valery, Sargneville on 5th June 1940. He spent nearly five years in Stalag IXc. I have his wartime log and he gives a short description of the march and places marched through.
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Pte. James Cooper . British Army South Lancashire Regiment from Mobberley, Cheshire My Grandfather James Cooper, from Mobberley in Cheshire, served in Burma, and we think he may have been part of the Chindits? I am looking for information, can anyone help?
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Jessie Cooper . Women's Auxiliary Air Force Does anyone remember Jessie Cooper, Anne Dunwoody, both WAAFs circa 1942-43, or John Oliver Hartley, Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1940-46? There was also Bob Bill of the RCAF and George Morley, but I don't know which service he was in.
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JJ Cooper . British Army JJ Cooper served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. Joe Cooper . Royal Air Force RAF Tarrant Rushton My father, Sgt Joe Cooper, was stationed at RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset on 5th June 1944. He recalled seeing the dozens of Halifaxes and Horsa Gliders taking off that night for the invasion of Normandy on the 6th June.
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F/O John Arkell Cooper . Royal Air Force 99 Squadron from 4 Mansfield Road, Reading, Berks (d.14th Dec 1939) John Cooper was my uncle. He died before I was born and I know virtually nothing more about him, but noticed on this website the name of a Sergeant Richard Brace of 99 Squadron RAF who died on the same day, presumably in the same aircraft or raid, so I felt it would be good to have his name also included. My own father, W/C Charles Stanley Cooper, 254 Squadron RAF, was killed on 25 September 1943. Both are named on the Runnymede Memorial
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F/Lt. John Herbert "Coops" Cooper DFC/. Royal Canadian Air Force 432 (Leaside) Squadron from Saskatchewan John Cooper was born in Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan on 29th of November 1918.
He enlisted in the RCAF in 1940. After completing his extensive training, he finally completed his first sortie with 432 Squadron in January 1944. In total, Coops is credited with 26 sorties and over 138 hours in the air. He and his crew flew over some of the most heavily defended territory in Europe, with successful missions over Berlin (3), Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Paris among his accomplishments.
On 18th of July 1944, the Halifax Bomber that he and his mates were in came under heavy flak after dropping their payload near Caen, in support of the Normandy campaign. Cooper tells of the plane's central area being engulfed in flames and, out of fear of the gas tanks exploding, he ordered the crew to jump at 9,000 feet. He accompanied the crew (all but one made it out - Sgt. R.E. Burton), and fell to the ground as the sun rose across the French countryside.
He was promptly captured and sent to the now famous Stalag Luft 3 (site of the Great Escape in March 1944). He was transferred to two other POW camps before being liberated in May, 1945 by the British Second Army. Cooper was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his (and his crew's) heroic efforts during the first seven months of 1944. His recommendation for the award reads, in part, "Under a calm and quiet manner Cooper has always maintained a fine offensive spirit in action which inspired confidence in his crew and other crews in his flight." Cooper remained with the RCAF until 1968, occupying roles with NATO, AIRCENT and also working very closely with the USAF. He passed away in 2010 in Oakville, Ontario.
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Gnr. John William "Jack" Cooper . British Army 55th Field Regiment Royal Artillery from Sherwood, Nottingham My Dad, Robert Arthur Riddaway was a gunner with the 55th Field Regiment R.A.
I have my Dad's Soldier's Will with all his service details on it, witnessed by Leonard James Halstead, Bombardier 974047 55th Field Reg. RA and dated 23rd September 1943. His medals (which my mother always kept in her dressing table drawer) were missing after her death. I know that he was at Arnham but would love to find out more.
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Pte. John Albert Victor Welsh "Cushy" Cooper . British Army 2nd Btn. Somerset Light Infantry from Middlesbrough
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Joseph Cooper . Royal Air Forece 42 Sqdn. I served in the RAF from 1941 to 1946, in 42 Sqdn. as rigger, 42/45 in India and Burma. The squadron stayed in the Imphal valey during the Japanese seige of Dimaphur. Posted to form 221 group communications squad at Imphal after the seige at Rangoon, when the Japanese flew in for surrender. Served in a glider sqdn at Elsham Wolds training army pilots until demobilised.
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W/O Ken Cooper . Royal Air Force Air Gunnery Instructor 12 Operational Training Unit My name is Margaret (Micky nee McKeevor) Teleprinter Operator, Signals Section, 12 OTU, later married W/O Ken Cooper (later commissioned to P/O). I would be delighted to hear from any ex serving personnel either Waaf or RAF who were based at Chipping Warden in 1943/44.
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Sgt. Kenneth John Cooper . Royal Air Force No. 106 Squadron from West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire (d.1st Aug 1942) Kenneth Cooper was a navigator/observer with 106 Squadron. The pilot was W/O P.E. Merrals, and they were flying Lancaster R5604. They were shot down after bombing Dusseldorf, where they dropped the first 8,000 pound bomb carried by a Lancaster. We think the plane came down at Lubeck, and the entire aircrew was killed. He now rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
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Sgt. Matthew Cooper . British Army Royal Artillery My uncle, Sgt Matthew Cooper, was taken prisoner at St Valery and sent to Stalag XXB, along with Bertie Nicholson, my sister-in-law's father. They were both in the Royal Artillery.
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Flight Sergeant N A Cooper . RAAF 59 Squadron
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NM Cooper . British Army Reconnaissance Corps NM Cooper served with the Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Flt.Sgt. Norman Athol Cooper . Royal Australian Air Force 59 Squadron (d.19th June 1944) Norman Athol Cooper's place of rest is the Tamlaght Finlagan Church of Ireland Churchyard in Ballykelly, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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P Cooper . British Army P Cooper served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Temp Paymstr. Peter E. Cooper . Royal Naval Reserve HMS Forfar Peter Cooper survived the sinking of HMS Forfar, he was one of the Merchant Navy officers who had remained with the ship when she was commandeered, signing the T124x agreement to remain under his current pay and terms, but subject to Royal Naval disipline.
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Cpl. Phyllis Cooper . Womens Auxiliary Air Force from Ely, Cambridgeshire Phyllis Cooper joined the WAAF and was employed in the Clothing Stores.
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R Cooper . British Army Royal Artillery R Cooper served with the Royal Artillery British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Richard Michael "Paddy" Cooper . Royal Navy from 33 Annis Street, Preston I am searching for my Uncle Richard Cooper. He was in the Navy, born in Preston and married a Scot called Agnes Begg. He moved to Edinburgh for many years. He left the family home suddenly and returned to Preston.
He was known as Paddy to his friends. He was born in 1924. He is still alive and would be 87 now. His Aunt also lived in Annis street. He had a brother who has died. I would like to find him before it is too late.
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Grsr. Richard Daniel Cooper . Merchant Navy SS Fort Mumford from Gidea Park, Romford (d.20th Mar 1943) Richard Cooper died when his ship, the SS Fort Mumford, was sunk by a Japanese submarine off the west coast of India. All hands but one were lost.
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Robert Cooper . British Army Black Watch I am trying to find information in respect of my step brother, Robert Cooper of the Black Watch, who died in the Second World War. Up till now I am unable to find out where he died or where he has been laid to rest, please any help would be welcome.
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Sgmn. Robert Fawcett Cooper . Royal Navy from Hetton-le-Hole (d.August 28, 2010) My dad joined the Royal Navy as a Boy/2nd Class in 1939 at the age of 16. He trained as a signalman and had been stationed on land bases Pembroke and Rooke. He also served on HMS Royal Sovereign as well as other ships. He left the Royal Navy in 1948 with his last post being at HMS Rooke in Algiers.
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F/O. Ronald Jack Cooper DFC.. Royal Air Force 38 Squadron from Eurongilly, NSW, Australia (d.26th Nov 1941) Ronald Cooper, as a 20-year-old, joined the RAF and, according to a memorial plaque, was shot down over Derna in North Africa on 26 November 1941, aged 22.
London Gazette, 14th of May 1940: The undermentioned are granted short service commissions as Acting Pilot Officers on probation for four years on the active list on the dates stated: 10th Apr. 1940. Ronald Jack Cooper (43281).
The London Gazette, 15 Oct 1940 p6020: The undermentioned Acting Pilot Officers on probation are graded as Pilot Officers on probation: 7th Sept. 1940. Ronald Jack Cooper (43281).
Supplement to London Gazette, 16 Mar 1943 p1246: Under heading "Distinguished Flying Cross": Flying Officer Ronald Jack Cooper (43281), No. 38 Squadron (deceased), awarded with effect from 28th October, 1941.
This is from an undated family history written by Coopers brother (kept at Junee Historical Museum, Junee NSW: "Jack, being the fourth son, realised the farm couldn't handle us all and continued at school till passing through High School and on to University from where he applied for a short term commission in the Royal Air Force. Which he was granted. This was to cover a seven year tour of duty subject to peace being maintained. Unfortunately, three weeks after sailing from Sydney on 12/8/39 war was declared. He served as a Wellington bomber pilot over Europe and later in the Middle East until a fatal mission over Derna on the night of 26/11/1941 from which he was reported missing, never to be found."
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