Private Samuel Thomas James Cooper

Army Number: 268969

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Son of Samuel and Ruth Cooper, of 22 Tapton Terrace, Chesterfield. He was a number taker in the traffic and coaching section of Midland Railway, Barrow Hill, Derbyshire prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He was killed in action, on 30th November 1917, during the German shelling of the line near Premy Chapel, Marcoing, France.

Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France. Panel 8.

Private Samuel Thomas James Cooper is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Midland Railway War Memorial, Derby.