Awarded the VC for his heroism on 16 August 1917, age 21, while serving in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. "Enemy machine gun fire from a blockhouse was holding up the battalion’s advance. With four men he rushed forward firing into an opening in the blockhouse. Firing ceased. Seven machine guns and 45 prisoners were captured. (Ypres, Belgium)". Freemason at: â„–80, St John’s Lodge.
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Edward Cooper, VC
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Freemason VCs - N4 - Collings-Wells, Cooper, Cruickshank
John Stanhope Collings-Wells, 22-27 March 1918, Aged 37, The Bedfordshire Reg...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Price
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. Arscott
Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Private William Arscott was born on 1 October 1880 in Hampstead, the elder son of William and Frances Arscott. His father was a house painter. The 18...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Company Quartermaster Serjeant William Arthur Laurie Cooper
William Arthur Laurie Cooper was born on 20 December 1894 the second of the eight children of Arthur Moses Cooper (1867-1934) and Elizabeth Jane Cooper née Sayer (1866-1918). His birth was register...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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