Coope, Samuel –

Of 11, Green Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire. Previously worked for the London and North Western Railway Company as a Labourer at Patricroft. Reported to be Farnworth’s first casualty, killed in a railway accident at Chipping Sodbury.

Personal details

  • Surname: Coope
  • Forename: Samuel
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 23
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: August 19th, 1914
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 1685
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Chipping Sodbury (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, Gloucestershire, UK
  • CWGC reference: H. 86.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 12/12/1919
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 12a
  • Bolton Chronicle: 03/04/1915
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 21/08/1914 06/07/1917 30/11/1917

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