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Private ALEXANDER SMITH COOPER

Service Number: 242212
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WEZ-VELVAIN (WEZ) CHURCHYARD

Near the S.W. (far left) corner of the Churchyard.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Duncan (formerly Cooper), 35, Sunny Bank Place, Aberdeen, and the late William Cooper; husband of Jeannie Cooper, of 24, Rosebank Place, Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US AND WE WILL UPHOLD THAT HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

WEZ-VELVAIN (WEZ) CHURCHYARD
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 4
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