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|theatres = France and Flanders<br>Salonika
|battles = Battle of Neuve Chapelle / [[10 March|10]]–[[13 March]] 1915<br>Battle of Hill 60 / [[17 April]] – [[7 May]] 1915<br>Battle of Ypres / [[22 April]] – [[15 May]] 1915<br>Battle of Horseshoe Hill / [[10 August]] 1916<br>Battle of Machine Gun Hill / [[13 September]] 1916<br>Battle of Dojran (Srentenovo) / [[24 April]] 1917<br>Battle of Dojran (Nov Dojran) on [[18 September]] 1918
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|born = Hulme, Manchester / 1882
|nationality = English {{flag|England|25px}}
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|spouse = Abigail Alice Buchanan
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|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 Border Regiment|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 {{wl|Battle of Ypres}}, [[Neuve Chapelle]] and [[w:Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front)|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 [[w:Battle of Doiran (1916)|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 {{wl|Bronchopneumonia}} at 8pm on [[31 October]] 1918.<ref>Information courtesy of Brian Featherstone.</ref>
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