Cooper Richard Cpl 2027855
Personnel Entry
Name Cooper Richard
Army number 2027855
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At the time of his death) not known.
Unit Joined the Royal Engineers - dates not known. Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 18/5/39. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to theBlack Watch and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 1/2/40. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 6/3/46.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Possibly Infantry Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions Corporal.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXID, PoW Number 4051.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 71, Wooler Crescent, Teams, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
