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Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM MIDDLESHIP COOPER

Service Number: 47542
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1945

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

20. G. 20.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. W. M. Cooper, D.S.O., Royal Artillery, and Florence Cooper; husband of Ruth Cooper, of Shadwell, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "I'LL FEAR NOT WHAT MEN SAY, I'LL LABOUR NIGHT AND DAY TO BE A PILGRIM"
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