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COOPER P<br />
Gunner 208420 Percy COOPER. “C” Battery, 102 nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA).<br />
Died Tuesday 28 th August 1917 aged 35 years. Born Boughton Lees. Enlisted Ashford. Resided<br />
Ashford. Son of Thomas and Jane Cooper of “Fair Bank”, Smeeth, Ashford, <strong>Kent</strong>. Husband of<br />
Grace Munk Cooper of 2 East View, Brabourne, Ashford, <strong>Kent</strong>. Formerly of Kennington Lees,<br />
Ashford, <strong>Kent</strong>. Buried in the Track “X” Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. Grave reference B.21.<br />
Percy was a Butcher by trade and carried on business in a shop at Kennington before the<br />
outbreak of war.<br />
The Ashford Absentee Voters List for 1918 gives –<br />
Water Farm House, Brabourne<br />
Sapper 203070 Thomas George COOPER. Royal Engineers (6 th Buffs).<br />
Private 265214 William COOPER. <strong>Kent</strong> Composite Battalion.<br />
The 1901 census gives –<br />
Fair View, Smeeth<br />
Thomas COOPER 49 Poultry Dealer London<br />
Jane 51 Letchcombe, Berkshire<br />
Frank 22 Poultry Dealer West Hougham, <strong>Kent</strong><br />
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