Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George V)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Coop
Initials:   J.H.R.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  P/7834
Notes:   MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 2/3/1915. Formerly Pte. 4 Leicestershire Regt. No. 2378. He was born and resided in Erdington and enlisted in Leicester. Died. His medal card shows 1915 Star only but Victory and War Medals must have been awarded. Shown in Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901 -1929 as 8/11/18 Died St Johns VAD Hospital Hull, Yorkshire, illness. Info from Pension Index Cards:- DP95C. Coop, Mrs, Fanny, 43 Arden Road, Birchfields, Staffs, P/7834, L/cpl John H R Coop MFP. Also:- DEPENDANT'S PENSION. D1. DFJ.82, case no. DP95C. Coop, John Howard Riley, P7834, MFP, L/Cpl, DIED 8/11/18 from pneumonia, dependant Mrs Fanny Coop, 43 Arden Road, Birchfields. Staffs, mother. John Howard Riley Coop.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 8th November 1918
Company: MFP
Cemetery: ERDINGTON GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCHYARD   UNITED KINGDOM
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