Private William Cooper

Army Number: 28249

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at 22 Mansfield Street. Nottingham. Son of William and Fanny Cooper, of 22, Drake Street, Colwick Street, Nottingham. He was a cobbing winder prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He died of wounds at No. 100 Field Ambulance 11th September 1916, aged 18.

Buried: Couin British Cemetery, France. Plot 3. Row A. Grave 2.

Private William Cooper is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Steven’s Church War Memorial, Sneinton, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.