| Surname: | Cooper |
| Initials: | C |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | .10810 |
| Notes: | 1 Reserve Cavalry Regiment attached to Military Mounted Police. Charles Cooper. Extract from the Sheerness Guardian and East Kent Advertiser 20 November 1915. THE LOSS OF HMS HYTHE - 143 SOLDIERS DROWNED. Many Sappers formerly stationed in St. Pauls Schoolroom. The following casualties are reported as a result of the accident to HM Fleet Auxiliary Hythe. Many of the Sappers of the Royal Engineers were formerly stationed in St. Paul's Schoolroom, Sheerness. Unless otherwise stated the men are Privates:- 1st Reserve Regt. of Cavalry attached Military Mounted Police, Cooper, 10810, C. Military Foot Police, Morris, 1752, L/Cpl, H. Pollitt, 1756, L/Cpl, T. Porter, 1760, L/Cpl, M. Scott, 1750, L/Cpl, J. Venn, 1755, L/Cpl, G H. Military Mounted Police. Johnson, 627, A/Sgt, J A. It was announced by the Admiralty at the end of October that the Hythe, an auxiliary sweeper had sunk during the night of October 28-29 after collision with another of HM Ships off Gallipoli, and the two Army Officers and 143 men were missing in addition to the crew. See: https://divernet.com/world-dives/hms-hythe-deep-dive-on-tragic-gallipoli-wreck/ |
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| Date of Death: | Oct. 29, 1915 |
| Company: | UNKNOWN |
| CWGC Link: | 90909 |
| Cemetery: | None, |
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