Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
COOPER, WILLIE, OBE VD. Lieutenant- Colonel. 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of James Cooper of Huddersfield. Husband of the late Amy Louisa Cooper, 107 Spring Bank Road, Huddersfield. Died at home, 18.12.1920, aged 58 years.
Buried EDGERTON CEMETERY, HUDDERSFIELD. Grave location:- 53, 'C', 7.
The below additional information is taken from the Huddersfield Exposed Site
Bigraphy
Willie Cooper was a local architect. He was born on 12 November 1862 in Huddersfield, the son of cotton spinner and innkeeper James Cooper (of the Exchange Hotel) and his wife Elizabeth, and was baptised on Christmas Day 1862 at Huddersfield Parish Church.
He articled to architect Edward Hughes in 1879 before starting his own practice in 1886.
He married Amy Louisa Shaw of Marsh, daughter of merchant George Shaw and his wife Emma, on 21 April 1890 at Holy Trinity Church, Highfields. The couple initially lived at 36 Honoria Street, Hillhouse, before moving to 44 New Hey Road, Lindley. They did not have any children.
He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the early stages of the First World War before being "appointed a director of Admiralty shipyard labour in the North-Western District".
Willie Cooper, of 4 Kirkgate Buildings, died aged 58 on 18 December 1920 at Huddersfield Surgical Home, Bradley Lane, and was buried at Edgerton Cemetery on 22 December.
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
COOPER, WILLIE, OBE VD. Lieutenant- Colonel. 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of James Cooper of Huddersfield. Husband of the late Amy Louisa Cooper, 107 Spring Bank Road, Huddersfield. Died at home, 18.12.1920, aged 58 years.
Buried EDGERTON CEMETERY, HUDDERSFIELD. Grave location:- 53, 'C', 7.
The below additional information is taken from the Huddersfield Exposed Site
Bigraphy
Willie Cooper was a local architect. He was born on 12 November 1862 in Huddersfield, the son of cotton spinner and innkeeper James Cooper (of the Exchange Hotel) and his wife Elizabeth, and was baptised on Christmas Day 1862 at Huddersfield Parish Church.
He articled to architect Edward Hughes in 1879 before starting his own practice in 1886.
He married Amy Louisa Shaw of Marsh, daughter of merchant George Shaw and his wife Emma, on 21 April 1890 at Holy Trinity Church, Highfields. The couple initially lived at 36 Honoria Street, Hillhouse, before moving to 44 New Hey Road, Lindley. They did not have any children.
He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the early stages of the First World War before being "appointed a director of Admiralty shipyard labour in the North-Western District".
Willie Cooper, of 4 Kirkgate Buildings, died aged 58 on 18 December 1920 at Huddersfield Surgical Home, Bradley Lane, and was buried at Edgerton Cemetery on 22 December.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
COOPER, WILLIE, OBE VD. Lieutenant- Colonel. 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of James Cooper of Huddersfield. Husband of the late Amy Louisa Cooper, 107 Spring Bank Road, Huddersfield. Died at home, 18.12.1920, aged 58 years.
Buried EDGERTON CEMETERY, HUDDERSFIELD. Grave location:- 53, 'C', 7.
The below additional information is taken from the Huddersfield Exposed Site
Bigraphy
Willie Cooper was a local architect. He was born on 12 November 1862 in Huddersfield, the son of cotton spinner and innkeeper James Cooper (of the Exchange Hotel) and his wife Elizabeth, and was baptised on Christmas Day 1862 at Huddersfield Parish Church.
He articled to architect Edward Hughes in 1879 before starting his own practice in 1886.
He married Amy Louisa Shaw of Marsh, daughter of merchant George Shaw and his wife Emma, on 21 April 1890 at Holy Trinity Church, Highfields. The couple initially lived at 36 Honoria Street, Hillhouse, before moving to 44 New Hey Road, Lindley. They did not have any children.
He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the early stages of the First World War before being "appointed a director of Admiralty shipyard labour in the North-Western District".
Willie Cooper, of 4 Kirkgate Buildings, died aged 58 on 18 December 1920 at Huddersfield Surgical Home, Bradley Lane, and was buried at Edgerton Cemetery on 22 December.
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
COOPER, WILLIE, OBE VD. Lieutenant- Colonel. 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Son of James Cooper of Huddersfield. Husband of the late Amy Louisa Cooper, 107 Spring Bank Road, Huddersfield. Died at home, 18.12.1920, aged 58 years.
Buried EDGERTON CEMETERY, HUDDERSFIELD. Grave location:- 53, 'C', 7.
The below additional information is taken from the Huddersfield Exposed Site
Bigraphy
Willie Cooper was a local architect. He was born on 12 November 1862 in Huddersfield, the son of cotton spinner and innkeeper James Cooper (of the Exchange Hotel) and his wife Elizabeth, and was baptised on Christmas Day 1862 at Huddersfield Parish Church.
He articled to architect Edward Hughes in 1879 before starting his own practice in 1886.
He married Amy Louisa Shaw of Marsh, daughter of merchant George Shaw and his wife Emma, on 21 April 1890 at Holy Trinity Church, Highfields. The couple initially lived at 36 Honoria Street, Hillhouse, before moving to 44 New Hey Road, Lindley. They did not have any children.
He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the early stages of the First World War before being "appointed a director of Admiralty shipyard labour in the North-Western District".
Willie Cooper, of 4 Kirkgate Buildings, died aged 58 on 18 December 1920 at Huddersfield Surgical Home, Bradley Lane, and was buried at Edgerton Cemetery on 22 December.
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Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
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