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Ronald Cooper . SS City of Benares Ronald Cooper was a member of the crew of the SS City of Benares.
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Rosina Maud Cooper . Womens Land Army from Bermondsey, London Rose Cooper served with the Women's Land Army.
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Driver Sam Cooper . British Army Royal Army Service Corps
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Capt. Stanley Donald Cooper . British Army Norfolk Regiment My husband and I have recently inherited some albums that his Dad, Captain Stanley Donald Cooper, put together after the Second World War.
I hope to be able to put all the photos on here as soon as possible but I have noted the information given in each of the albums in case anyone is interested. Some of the photos are of good quality [given their age]some not so, also some are just of countryside and places visited during the war. I believe my father-in-law was a keen photographer. I am hoping others might be able to give me some information regarding some of the inscriptions and would be very grateful for this. Stan died over 30yrs ago before we became interested in what had happened and had a chance to ask questions.
First Album: Grantham 1940. Friends mentioned Dick Kendall,Johnnie Walker,Laurie Whiting,Mike Mitchell,’Pint’ Aldridge,Fred Crossley and Culley? Feltwell 1940 – Dick Burton in photo, Cairo 1941, Kulgaachia Mar 1941 mentions Snipe Shooting, Queenie Site Bauria Feb-Mar 1942 Photos mention F Troop Camp, 189th H.A.A.Bty R.A. Subaltern Officers Bob,Pryce, Bill,Dick,Pat and Harry, Budge Mar- April 1942. ‘Nuts’ site swimming baths, Officers Mess, F Troop 189 SGT Felvus,SGT Brough,SGT Coleman,SGT Dyson,SGT Kay and SGT Mills, 3.7.1942 Cease Firing Asansol, June 1942 Asansol no 2 site and Ushergram School, More of Asansol SGT Felvus.F Troop Football Team, Assorted photos Damodar River Baradanga Village taken during Monsoon. Western Ghats between Pasna and Bombay. Snaps taken from train between Poona and Bombay Poona Sept 1942.
Another album has the following:
Nov 1942 Villages Punolia and Ranchi near Damodar, Jan 1943 No 8 Site Ninga – Bill Catchside, Nov 1942 Ranchi, Bihar – Bill Crouch, Christmas Day 1942 Asansol- Bill Catchside, Jan 1943 Winching, Jamshedpur and Haludpukkar, Calcutta - Chowringhee/The Maiden, Jun 1943 Boat Club Karachi – Fitz, Peter and Jimmy, Apr 1943 - Manipur Road Asssan,
June 1943 Boat Club Karachi – Jimmie Best,Peter Brown 66th Hy A.A.Regt, Peter Brown. July 1943 Malir Sind, Sept 1943 Malir Village Largest Oasis in the Desert, Oct 1943 Malir Sind – Ernie Pearce 95th Hy A.A.Regt.
Nov 1943 - Malir Dougie Platt and wife.SGT Watson,SGT Goodfellow,SGT McPake,R.S.M.Smith, Eric ADJT.
Another album:
Jenanairls Tomb[last of the Mogul Emperors ]Lahore 1943,
1943 Karachi Sind –Bradley, Coe,Anderson,Clive Shalimar Gardens Lahore, July-Aug 1944 [on leave]Kalimpong Eastern Himalays Foothills N. Bengal
Himalyan Hotel Kalimpong, 1942 Sept Bombay
I also have a 6 Troop Dinner Menu dated April 5th 1941 Golf House Llandrindod Wells Signed by many of the people attending the names on the back are
- Aidney,J.D
- Amer,P.J.
- Brundrett,J,E,
- Cooper, S.D
- Dalzell,E.L
- Douglas,I.L
- Eckett,K.S
- Griffiths,K.G
- Hastings, D.G
- Hobbs,A.E
- Jones,A
- King,E.F.K.
- Kitching,M.W
- Leach,G.R
- Leak,H
- Le Mesureier,G.G.
- Lindley-Jones,H.M
- Logan,F,R
- Maisman,H,W
- Oldaker,A.I.
- Phelps, A,S
- Price,M,V
- Pritchard,J.S
- Saul,F
- Seal,A.M.B
- Sibert,E.A
- Spooner,K.S
- Standing,C.T
- Stewart,C.M
- Swaine,G.T.H
- Sympson,R.T
- Taylor,A.R.
- Westover,S.S
- Wilkins,K.N
- Williams,P.J
Our guests – - Major E Banfield,
- Major H.D.Stephens-Clarkson R.A,
- Capt E.N. Butler-Cole R.A.
- [crossed out are the names Lt A Adams R.A and 2nd Lt R.S.Gardner R.A.]
- Lt J.E.Burke R.A.
I also have some other documents.
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T Cooper . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry T Cooper served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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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Gnr. Thomas Gary Cooper . British Army 2nd Searchlight Regiment, 5th Battery Royal Artillery from Barnsley Tom was born 19th April 1913 in Penistone. Married Doris Wood in 1936. In 1939, Thomas Cooper was a miner below ground and lived in Barnsley, South Yorkshire with his wife, Doris, and son Brian aged 2.
He joined the Royal Artillery, 2nd Searchlight Regiment, 5th Battery and served in France 1940, 1945. He had 7 children with Doris and died 1983 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
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Sgt. Walter James Cooper . New Zealand Army 28th Maori Btn from Kiangaroa, North Auckland, New Zealand Sergeant Wally Cooper served with C and A Coy 28th Maori Battalion, he was a prisoner of war at Stalag 383 Bavaria on the 28th of March 1944.
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Sgt. William James Cooper . Royal Air Force 101 Squadron from Rotherhithe, London (d.21st July 1944) My brother, Jim Cooper became an ABC operator perhaps because he could speak German among other languages and, by all accounts, volunteered to do an extra flight which resulted in his death. He is buried in the cemetery in Woensel- part of Eindhoven Holland. Another crew member was named Sime.
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William Cooper . Air Raid Protection from Bethnal Green
(d.8th Sep 1940) Air raid wardens William Cooper of Bethnal Green died in bombing of Columbia Rd Market, London on the 8th of September 1940.
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Cpl. William R. Cooper . United States Army from Montgomeryville, PA William R. Cooper II was inducted into the Army on February 22, 1943, and served in Northern France, the Rhineland, the Ardennes and central Europe.
He was awarded the Service Medal for the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater with four bronze stars, and discharged with the rank of corporal on January 9, 1946
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William Cooper . Royal Navy HMS Palomares My grandfather, Bill Cooper, served on HMS Palomares and I'm searching for any information and, hopefully, some pictures for my family.
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Gnr. William Cooper . British Army Royal Field Artillery (d.26th Jan 1918) Gunner William Cooper is buried in South part (left of main path) in the Youghal (North Abbey) Cemetery, Youghal, Co, Cork, Ireland.
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Able.Sea. William James Cooper . Royal Navy from London
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Pte. William Alexander Cooper . British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from Hornsey (d.23rd April 1943) William Cooper is buried at Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia.
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Sgt. William Edward Peter Cooper . British Army Rifle Brigade from East London Sgt. Bill. Cooper was captured in North Africa whilst serving attached to the 4th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, he was interned firstly at Campo 66 and then Campo 53 at Sforzacosta. He escaped over the wall in early September 1943 and after walking south he rejoined the British Forces at the River Sangro. Returned to the U.K. he joined the Parachute Regiment and managed to survive the war.
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Flt.Sgt. William Norman Bartlett Cooper . Royal Air Force No. 196 Squadron from London Billy Cooper's family found some written memories of his RAF wartime experiences. These included the following:
'D-Day was coming up...the invasion of Europe. Our Squadron had been briefed for three days in succession and we knew when and exactly what we had to do. Go over in Normandy, Caen area, at very low level in darkness, and put down the 6th Airborne Division Paratroopers. A big crowd of ground staff cheered us off, and we were a bit tense but busy enough with our duties.
There was intense flak over the French coast and some of our Squadron were hit. One in particular on our port bow was on fire from stem to stern and sinking down slowly. I saw a couple of parachutes come out but they, too, were burning. It was hopeless for them. The Stirling flew on fully ablaze and losing height slowly, then it hit the ground with an enormous explosion which lit the low clouds for miles.
I looked back over the Seine Bay and the sea was black with ships. Battleships were firing salvos inland and the sky - our sky - was filled with aircraft. There never was such a sight.
We did our run-up with flak all around us and put the paratroops down in the right spot (no doubt about it!) and turned for base. Very, very nasty with Jerry flak combing the sky and all of us at low level. But we did it and got back safely, with the whole Squadron personnel waiting to greet us - a magic moment.
We went back again the same evening this time in daylight and put down a Horsa glider and container with ammunition etc.
On reflection I am lucky to be writing this - still sweat a bit when I think of it'.
'Arnhem: It was a brilliant Sunday morning on 17th September 1944, not a cloud to be seen. Our Squadron had been briefed to drop or put down the 1st Airborne Division on the other side of the Rhine to form a bridgehead for the advancing Corps of the British Army.
We were the largest airborne force ever assembled and we flew in loose formation, thousands of planes and gliders in tow. We were fairly low - about 3,000 feet - and crowds could be seen when we passed over or close to towns such as Watford on the way to the coast. Massive!
We got some flak at the Dutch coast, but the Armada flew on and into Holland. We were to release our glider, a giant Horsa, just beyond Arnhem Bridge, and it all went well except for some flak. We saw the whole Airborne division down with casualties, crashes, and little or no resistance from Jerry. We turned to base and all seemed well. We were de-briefed and reported to intelligence.
We went back to Arnhem three more times in a week, making four in all. The scene had changed dramatically. Intense flak, and when that eased the German fighters got to work. We went in at low level in daylight and their fighters and flak took their toll. All this time the 1st Airborne was having a tough time too. We went in each time very, very low at about 500 feet and were caught by flak. Our Squadron suffered heavy losses. I saw three Stirlings in front of us go down in flames and Dakotas on our port bow on fire before crashing. We were carrying canisters of mortar bombs and petrol in our bomb bays to supply the guns and tanks below. We did it and were hit in the bomb bay immediately after we had dropped the stuff. We got back to base and were very, very lucky to survive that battle'.
(Billy did write some more about this)
The names of his other crew members were:
- 1350196 Flt. Sgt. J.W. Hill (Pilot)
- 1507788 Flt. Sgt. C.G. Valentine (Navigator)
- 986150 Flt. Sgt. I.P. Jones (Air Bomber)
- 1603711 Flt. Sgt. H.C.F. Stransbridge (Flt. Engineer)
- 644459 Warrant Officer E. Hood (Air Gunner)
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L/Cpl. William George Cooper . British Army 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment from Hornsey, London (d.24th December 1941) My father never knew what happened to his brother, William Cooper apart from that he died in the War.
It was about 30 years ago that my family research began and in 1996 I visited the Sai Wan Bay Memorial, Hong Kong and found William's name in Column 14.
I sat there on a beautiful day with tears falling down my face because I had found him and was the first member of his family to come and pay respects.
I have no photographs of him so do not know what he looked like.
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A.B Eric H Coote . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria
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A.B. Eric H. Coote . Royal Navy HMS Nelson (d.12th Aug 1942)
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Laurence George Coote . Royal Air Force 114 Squadron from East Ham Laurence Coote was my Dad.
He served in 114 Squadron as gunner/wireless operator and I think his pilot may have been called Tucker. He was based at West Raynham. He later flew to Africa via Malta then onto Burma. He collected Air Crew Europe star, Burma star, India star and Africa star I believe.
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Rfm. Leslie William Henry George Coote . British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Wandsworth (d.26th May 1940) Leslie Coote is my grand father who died in action during the defence of Calais, 26th May 1940. He died of his wounds on board the trawler Botanic on his way back to England, aged 28yrs. He was buried in the St James Cemetery, Dover.
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Percy Steven Coote . British Army 6th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
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Pte. A. Cope . British Army Pioneer Corps (d.17th Jun 1940) Pte. A Cope of the Pioneer Corps lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Pfc. Artie Cope . United States Army Hq Coy. 194th Tank Battalion from Salinas, California
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Sgt. Benjamin C. Cope . United States Marine Corps from Elizabethtown, PA Benjamin Cope enlisted in the Marine Corps in February 1942. He was stationed in Hawaii and based on his watchmaking experience, was assigned to repair aircraft instruments. In 1946 he was discharged with the rank of master technical sergeant.
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Flt Sgt. Eric Cope . Royal Air Force 51 Sqd My neighbour, Eric Cope, flew from Snaith from 1943 onwards till demob. He flew in Halifax MK2, M-HC Champagne Charlie on numerous missions he was the wireless operator.
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Eric Cope . Royal Air Force RAF Snaith Eric Cope flew Halifaxes out of RAF Snaith during WWII. He was a WOP/Navigator.
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Pte. Gordon James Cope . British Army 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment from Stone, Staffordshire (d.23rd Apr 1943)
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Flt.Lt. Jack Edward Cope DFM. Royal Air Force 115 Squadron from Norbury As navigator on Wellington III KO-D Jack Cope's plane was attacked on the night of 28th/29th of August 1942 by Hpt Ludwig Bietmann in a Ju88 en route to Nurnberg. He baled out at 18000 ft near the Belgian German border. Evading capture he met up with resistance and the Comete line he made his way over the Pyrennes to Gibraltar and back to UK by ship. One other crew member survived as a POW, the others were killed
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RL Cope . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers RL Cope served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 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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