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Frederick Arthur Cooper (18568)

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A Soldier of the Border Regiment
Remembered with Honour


9th Border Regiment Roll of Honour

Full Name Frederick Arthur Cooper
Rank (highest) Private
Service Number 18568
Company D Company
Battalion 9th Battalion
Regiment Border Regiment
Enlisted / Commissioned Seaford, Sussex
Theatre(s) of War France and Flanders
Salonika
Battles Battle of Neuve Chapelle / 1013 March 1915
Battle of Hill 60 / 17 April7 May 1915
Battle of Ypres / 22 April15 May 1915
Battle of Horseshoe Hill / 10 August 1916
Battle of Machine Gun Hill / 13 September 1916
Battle of Dojran (Srentenovo) / 24 April 1917
Battle of Dojran (Nov Dojran) on 18 September 1918
Born Hulme, Manchester / 1882
Nationality English
Spouse(s) Abigail Alice Buchanan
Children Mary Alice Cooper
Joseph Cooper
Annie Cooper
Frederick Arthur Cooper
Residence(s) Salford, Manchester
Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead
Died 31 October 1918
Age 36
Cause of Death d.
Reference Number 711
Resting Place Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria
Commemorated in perpetuity by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Coordinates Latitude: 40.5782 / Longitude: 22.9648
Commemorative Scroll Yes / click here
Biography
Frederick was born in 1882 in Hulme, Manchester. He moved to Salford where he lived at 83 Sunnyside Street. Here he met Abigail Alice Buchanan, born 1884, who lived at 101 Sunnyside Street. They married when she was 19 and he was 21 on the 17 October 1903 at St. Bartholomews Church on Oldfield Road Salford. They set up house at 46 Robert Hall Street, in Salford.

When the First World War broke out in 1914 Frederick Arthur Cooper went to sign on in Salford, but was refused and as he had no eyebrows. He then walked from Salford to Seaford in Sussex, drew eyebrows on and enlisted in August 1914 into the 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) The Border Regiment. He was enlisted as Private 18568 Frederick Arthur Cooper.

After training the Battalion went to France where he saw action at the Battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60. On 25 October 1915 his Division left from Le Panier, France, to Macedonia. On 4 November 1915 his Division landed at Thessalonika for Macedonia. After seeing action there his Division retreated from Serbia on 8 December 1915.

He then saw action in the Battle of Horseshoe Hill, Southwest of Dojran, on 10 August 1916. He also fought at the Battle of Machine Gun Hill, Machukovo (Evzonoi) on 13 September 1916. The Battle of Dojran (Srentenovo) on 24 April 1917 and at the Battle of Dojran (Nov Dojran) on 18 September 1918.

As there are no dates to confirm this it must be assumed that he was the casualty of a gas attack in his last battle on 18 September 1918. He was moved to No.31 Casualty Clearing Station but died of Bronchopneumonia at 8pm on 31 October 1918.[1]

References and Notes
See notes and definitions for primary source material and further information.
  1. Information courtesy of Brian Featherstone.
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