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Captain DEREK JOSEPH PERCIE COOPER

Service Number: 117190
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBERWELL NEW CEMETERY

Square 78. Grave 3693.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q., 1st Airborne Div.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. Percie C. Cooper and Ida Ellen Cooper, of Dulwich, London.
  • Personal Inscription DEREK. BELOVED ONLY SON OF LT.COL. AND MRS. PERCIE COOPER. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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