Basic Details
Surname
Cooper
Forenames
Horace William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
10736
Notes
The Roll lists his address as South View, Dogsthorpe. It records his regimental number as 10736 and his date of death as 27/2/1917, both of which differ from official records.

(CWGC records that Private H Cooper, regimental number 202310, died on 28/2/1917 while serving in the 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers., and is buried in Enclosure number 4, grave I.C.3, at Bedford House Cemetery in Belgium. CWGC's Graves Registration form records that his former regimental number was 10736. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records that Horace died on 28/2/1917, as do the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, which record that his mother Maud claimed his effects).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
4th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Zillebeke
Cemetery
Bedford House Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
February
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
SOUTH VIEW, DOGSTHORPE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial