COOPER Jesse

  • First Name(s):
    Jesse 
  • Surname:
    COOPER
  • Service Number:
    203455
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th March 1917
  • Age At Death:
    38
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bray Military Cemetery, France, Grave II. D. 52.
  • Place of Birth:
    Birmingham, resident Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, enlisted Barnt Green, Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Elizabeth Ann Cooper, of (Side entrance) Farm Rd., Court Sart, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan

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COOPER Jesse Is Named On These Memorials

Alvechurch School now in Alvechurch St Laurence Church
Alvechurch St Laurence Church WW1 Memorial
Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Bromsgrove Independent Order of Oddfellows under Widows Protection Lodge.

Further Information About COOPER Jesse

Native of Alvechurch.

The birth of Jesse Ebenezer Cooper is registered in the September Quarter 1877 under the Birmingham Registration District.

1911 Census
Rectory Cottage, Alvechurch, nr Birmingham
Jesse Cooper, head, age 32, Bricklayer’s labourer, born Birmingham
Elizabeth Ann Cooper, wife, age 34, married 10 years, one child, still living, born Glamorgan
Georgina Harriet Cooper, daughter, age 9, born Selly Oak, Worcestershire

The following information has been researched by Andy Frisby:
Jesse Cooper was the son of Thomas and Harriet Cooper.  Thomas was a bricklayer. They had 9 children:-
John Thomas Cooper born 1865, Sarah Maria Cooper born 1871 died 1871, Walter Haywood Cooper born 1872, Harriet Cooper born 1875, Lucy Hannah Cooper born 1876, George Cooper born 1877, Jesse Cooper born 1877, Anne Elizabeth Cooper born 1882, Clarence Albert Cooper born 1887.  The family resided at Swan Street, Alvechurch.

Jesse married Annie Elizabeth Gittins in 1900.
They had 1 child:-
Georgina Harriet Cooper born 1900.
They lived at Alvechurch, Annie Elizabeth subsequently returning to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger 17th March 1917:
On Sunday morning, Mrs Cooper of Tanyard Lane, received official news that her husband, Private Jesse Cooper, Worcestershire Regiment, had died from wounds in hospital.  He joined the regiment in July last and was drafted abroad during the first week in December.  Previous to joining the army he was in the employ of Dr H G Peel.  He was the son of Mr Thomas Cooper, of Swan St, Alvechurch.  Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Cooper.

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