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Hi all

Pop, i have made 5 visits to record all the ww1 military graves, and personal headstone inscriptions at Burngreave, but i dont seem to have recorded George's headstone !!

any chance you have a grave reference or rough idea where his grave is so i can record it?

Henny Penny, thanks for the extra info.

 

Inside story, i will PM you.

regards

Dean

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Hi, do any of you have any information about

Name: COOPER, FRANK JOHN

Initials: F J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Army Veterinary Corps

Unit Text: Depot

Age: 34

Date of Death: 31/01/1917

Service No: SE/24748

Additional information: Son of Frank Cooper, of 28, Hallcar St., Sheffield.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Screen Wall. R1. "C." 29.

Cemetery: SHEFFIELD (BURNGREAVE) CEMETERY

 

 

Did he die in Sheffield??

I took the information from the CWGC database, I did not know about his death until my cousin turned up with his bronze death penny a few weeks ago

 

Thanks

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Hi Blackbeard,

the SOLDIERS DIED GREAT WAR disc has Frank down as died at home.

wether he was wounded at the front and brought home and died i dont know.

a copy of his death cert would throw a lot more light on it, as seeing as he died at home the exact cause of death will be on there.

hope this help's

regards

Dean

 

hi again Blackbeard, just checked my photograph's and i have an image of the panel on the screen wall with Frank's inscription if you want a copy?

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Hi Dean 1

 

I do not know the reference number but the grave is easy to find.

 

It has a white military headstone same as the one's you see in France etc.

 

If you enter the cemetery from the Scott Road entrance, go forward and take the first right roadway.

 

There is a 90* bend turning left at the top.

 

The grave is about the 4th row from the roadway and about 25yds before you reach the bend on the right hand side of the roadway as you travel up the incline.

 

 

The headstone is in very good condition with a clear inscription.

 

The inscription is exactly how I wrote it on the earlier entry on this posting.

 

I hope you find it OK.

 

Happy Days!

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  • 3 weeks later...

Hi Dean,

 

I was chatting in local studies yesterday and was shown a wonderful scrapbook with hundreds of the Sheffield men who died detailed in there, from the original newspaper reports. It was waiting for someone - I guess this may be you; if not, it would be a great addition to your research.

 

All the best,

 

Red

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Hi Red,

yeah, the book is for me !

i 'discovered' this scrapbook months ago, and have been refering to it over the weeks.

the main interest in it is the photograph of Arnold Loosemoore VC, and his six brothers who all served during ww1. this i was able to pass on to one of Arnold's relatives in Devon last week, she was "over the moon" to receive a copy.

regards

Dean

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