Albert Edward Cooper
View Albert Edward on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
40252
Rank:
Private
Service:
Leicestershire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1895
Date of death:
21 August 1918
Age at Death:
23
Known information
Albert Edward Cooper lived in Leicester and was the son of Albert Henry and Margaret Ann Cooper of 6 Westgate Street in Oakham. He served with the 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment and died towards the end of the war on 21 August 1918 on the Somme. He is buried at Mill Road Cemetery near the Thiepval Memorial in France, grave VII.A.9, and is remembered on the war memorial in the churchyard of All Saints' Church in Oakham.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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