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Charles John Cooper

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Charles John Cooper

Birth
Portslade, Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, East Sussex, England
Death
28 Jun 1915 (aged 24–25)
Uttar Pradesh, India
Burial
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India Add to Map
Plot
Plot H. Grave 218.
Memorial ID
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Aged: 25 Yrs
Bombardier
72783
79th Bty, Royal Field Artillery
Murdered

Son of Charles and Emily Ingram Cooper, of Portslade, E. Sussex.

TWO INDIAN SOLDIERS RUN AMOK
8th Cavalry Indian Army, Jhansi

Two Mohammedian soldiers run amok in the lines shooting and killing, Major Gale and cutting down Lt Courtenay who has since died of his wounds.
The murderers ran towards the Officers mess and on the way, met and wounded Captain Hudson, then turning towards the Artillery barracks, they fired at a Sgt and Bombardier, wounding slightly the former, and killing the latter. The murderers were pursued and shot down by a party of men of the regiment led by two British Officers, but not before they had fired at, and killed, another Officer Captain Cooper.
Yorkshire Post
3rd July 1915
Aged: 25 Yrs
Bombardier
72783
79th Bty, Royal Field Artillery
Murdered

Son of Charles and Emily Ingram Cooper, of Portslade, E. Sussex.

TWO INDIAN SOLDIERS RUN AMOK
8th Cavalry Indian Army, Jhansi

Two Mohammedian soldiers run amok in the lines shooting and killing, Major Gale and cutting down Lt Courtenay who has since died of his wounds.
The murderers ran towards the Officers mess and on the way, met and wounded Captain Hudson, then turning towards the Artillery barracks, they fired at a Sgt and Bombardier, wounding slightly the former, and killing the latter. The murderers were pursued and shot down by a party of men of the regiment led by two British Officers, but not before they had fired at, and killed, another Officer Captain Cooper.
Yorkshire Post
3rd July 1915

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