HOOPER Geoffrey Donald

  • First Name(s):
    Geoffrey 
    Donald 
  • Surname:
    HOOPER
  • Service Number:
    292634
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th August 1944
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bayeux War Cemetery, France, Grave XIX. F. 22.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Cyril and May Hooper

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Further Information About HOOPER Geoffrey Donald

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The birth of Geoffrey D. Hooper is registered in September Quarter 1923 under Kidderminster Registration District, mother’s maiden name: Best

The following information has been researched by Sandra Taylor and John Barry:
Cyril Hooper married Olive M. Best in 1922. Cyril died aged 32 in 1929 and Olive married George Oliver in 1933. She died in 1935 hence by 1939, Geoffrey and his sister Patricia were living in Kidderminster with their maternal grandmother, Jemima Best.

1939 Register
123 Hurcott Road, Kidderminster
Jemima Best, born 14th July 1864, unpaid domestic duties
Geoffrey D. Hooper, born 16th September 1923, At school
Patricia M. Hooper, born 14th July 1927, At school

Geoffrey Hooper died of wounds when the battalion area was heavily shelled near Courmeron.

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