Private James Cooper

Army Number: 241159

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Bakewell, Derbyshire and lived at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. Son of John and May Ann Cooper, of Bakewell, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 25th January 1915 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He went to France on 25th March 1916 and was killed in action, 23rd April 1917, aged 41, in the attack at Fosse 3, Lievin, France.

Buried: La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, France. Plot 10. Row F. Grave 6.

Private James Cooper is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Bakewell War Memorial, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
All Saint’s Church War Memorial, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Bakewell and District Memorial Cottage Hospital War Memorial, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
St. Bartholomew’s Church War Memorial, Clay Cross, Derbyshire.