Name
Arthur Cooper
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Canadian Forces
Saskatchewan Light Horse
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Two men named Arthur Cooper lived in Abbots Langley in the early 20th Century and either could be the “Arthur Cooper” listed in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour, and serving with the Saskatchewan Light Horse as part of the Canadian Forces. Arthur Cooper was first mentioned in the Parish Roll of Honour in December 1914, serving with the Saskatchewan Light Horse, and was recorded each month, through to the end of the War.
The first Arthur Cooper was born in 1896 and in the 1911 Census was listed as the son of George and Emma Cooper of 64 Breakspeare Road, Abbots Langley. George was employed in Carpentry Work, and the couple had four sons and one daughter. In the 1911 Census Arthur was noted as being “Out of Work”, and it was possibly that he could have emigrated in search of employment and enlisted early in War into the Army to return to Europe and serve with the Canadian Forces. However he would have been aged between 15 (in 1911) and 18 (in 1914), and maybe this would be very young to emigrate.
The second man was Arthur William Cooper, who was born in the autumn of 1888 to William and Harriett Cooper of High Street, Abbots Langley. William worked as a Grocer’s Manager, and he and his wife had nine children – six sons and three daughters. Arthur lived at the family home until after the 1911 Census, and at the time of the Census worked as a Warehouseman. If he had emigrated between 1911 and 1914, he would have been between 23 and 26, and as a consequence he might have been more likely to be the rthur Cooper listed in the Abbots Langley records. However as he held a job as a Warehouseman, he may have had less motivation to travel to Canada in search of work and a new life.
It is uncertain which Arthur Cooper emigrated to Canada and served with the Canadian Forces.
However Arthur Cooper survived the Great War.
Additional Information
Rank unknown
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
