Private George Cooper

Army Number: 241173 (formerly 3690)

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Son of Mrs Sarah J. Cooper, of 36, Derby Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He went to France on 10th November 1915 and was killed in action, 23rd October 1918, aged 23, during the attack on the German lines near Fontaine au Bois, France.

Buried: Maurois Communal Cemetery, France. Grave 75,

Private George Cooper is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Ilkeston War Memorial, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.