View source for Cooper William Pte 4457099

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|Surname and forenames=Cooper William
|Army number=4457099
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Born 1/10/1918 at Penshaw (now Sunderland District).  Mother's maiden name Francis Anne Raine, who came from North Biddick.
|Age=87 years at the time of his death.  
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 19/10/1939.  Posted to the 11th Battalion.  Underwent Basic Training.   Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France?  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Posted to ? Battalion of the DLI on the disbandment of the 11th Battalion.  Relegated to the Z (T) Reserve 21/4/1946.  Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.  Possible Headquarters Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known, but possibly Transport Section.
|Task or role=Driver.
|Joined Brigade=19/10/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 23/6/2006 at Penshaw.
|Home address=Enlistment documentation shows Pte Cooper as working as a butcher immediately before joining the Army, employed by a business based at 1 Alexandra Terrace, Penshaw.  The 1939 General Register - taken just before his enlistment, shows him as living with his mother and brother at 8, Douglas Terrace, Penshaw.  His mother later moved to 4, West View, Penshaw where William lived with her on his return from the Army and at the time of his marriage.  Married Margaret Parr (1921 - 2008) on 14/5/1949 in All Saints Church, Penshaw.
|Image Name=Pte_Cooper_with_truck_-_possibly_Iceland.jpg
|Image Title=Private William Cooper alongside 15cwt truck in Iceland
}}


Much of the information on this Page has been supplied by Pte Cooper's granddaughter, Claire Anderson, as were the associated photographs which are found on the Regimenal Page here [http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/Photographs_of_men_from_the_Battalion_in_Iceland_1940/1941]