Only son of Ernest Nightingale and Martha Annie Cooper (nee Briercliffe), of The Counting House, Nether Shatton, Bamford, Derbyshire, and formerly of 20, Byron Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Associated with Sun Mills at Moses Gate, Farnworth. Joined the Manchester University Officer Training Corps in January 1916 and commissioned 25/10/1916. Severely wounded at Hebuterne early 1917. Killed at Givenchy, near La Bassee.
Cooper, William Randolph (Roy) –
Personal details
- Surname: Cooper
- Forename: William Randolph (Roy)
- Date of birth: April 21st, 1897
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 21
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 13th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- New Jerusalem Church WWI Memorial - Kearsley
- CWGC Memorial: Post Office Rifles Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: II. B. 11.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/05/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6f
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 24/05/1918 02/08/1918 27/12/1918