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Oswald Coope
Information about birth
Date of birth: 10/12/1882 |
Place of birth: Saltaire, Yorkshire, Belgium |
Army information
Country: Canada |
Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Sapper |
Service number: 45415 |
Units: — Royal Canadian Engineers, 6th Field Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 11/11/1917 |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 34 |
Cemetery
Oxford Road Cemetery Plot: 5 Row: E Grave: 10 |
Points of interest 1
#1 | Place of birth |
Sources 2
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1964 - 64). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
War diaries: 6th Field Company, Canadian Engineers (textual record), (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), R611-176-4-E, RG9-III-C-5). https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/439109 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=2702779c-869a-4621-8af9-25468da0aeee |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5532781 |
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/439109 |