Private George Coope

Army Number: 2404

Battalion: 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Coope, of Brook Street, Heage, Derby. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 4th September 1914 at Derby. He went to France on 4th March 1915 and was killed in action, 10th May 1915, age 20, whilst serving in the line near Lindenhoek, Belgium.

Served as Cooper.

Buried: Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium. Row C, Grave 18.

Private George Coope

Private George Coope is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Luke’s church War Memorial, Heage, Derby.