Smith Amos Cooper Pte 4462042

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Name Smith Amos Cooper
Army number 4462042
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests 23/1/1920 at Bacup, Lancashire.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - no enlistment date (Probably June 1940). Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. Trf Devonshire Regiment 26/8/44, Docs to Exeter 21/9/44. Class Z Army Reserve 26/9/1946.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed but probably June 1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Research indicates death was registered in March 2006, at the age of 86 in Rochdale, Lancashire.
Home address Research indicates that he married Mary Anne HUDSON in Q4 1941 in Littleborough, Lancashire.
Source table 11DLI