COOPER Roy

  • First Name(s):
    Roy 
  • Surname:
    COOPER
  • Service Number:
    22872169
  • Rank:

    Trooper

  • Conflict:
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own Worcester Hussars
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th August 1955
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Shortly after admission to hospital
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, England.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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COOPER Roy Is Named On These Memorials

Rubery Royal British Legion Club Tank Accident

Further Information About COOPER Roy

Excerpt from a full report on the accident, Worcester Evening News and Times, Thursday 18th August 1955:
Two runaway tanks ran amok at Tileshead Salisbury Plain, and caused the deaths today of four members of the Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars, a regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps T.A. Three of the dead men, it is understood, are Trooper Raymond Dix, Lickey Road, Rednal, Birmingham, Trooper Roy Henry Cooper, Sreen Grove, Northfield, Birmingham, and Cpl. Ivan Williams, 8 Gladys Road, Smethwick.

It is understood that the fourth dead man’s home address was in Birmingham. Two were killed as they slept, one more died on his way to hospital and one died in hospital. Four others were injured, two seriously. The two seriously injured, are L/Cpl L. Warman, of 71, New Road, Rubery, and Trooper B. Randle, 79, New Road, Rubery.

The opening of the inquest into the men is reported in the Worcester Evening News and Times, Friday 19th August 1955.

The grave photograph available shows Roy Cooper’s name on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, England.

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