| Surname: | Cooper |
| Initials: | E |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/216 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 1/5/16 to 18/12/16. Info from Pension Index Card: Cooper, Ernest, MFP, P/216, West York's, 5270, 20/7/1918, 11/M/20669, X612.10, 2 Somerset Cottages, Lindfield, Sussex, 30786/C MVO1459, Adm. 31/7/1918 @ 17/- from 21/7/1918 to 4/8/1918. Ernest Cooper. Extract from the Mid Sussex Times 2 January 1917. IN HOSPITAL - Mrs. Cooper, of 2 Somerset Cottages, has received information that her husband, Lance Corporal Ernest Cooper, of the Military Foot Police, is now lying seriously ill in hospital at Woking, after being about eight months in France. Lance Corporal Cooper, who was a postman when he joined up for the present war, served in the South African Campaign and was invalided out of the service with two medals and eight bars to his credit. Extract from the Sussex Agricultural Express, 16/8/18. LINDFIELD, DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY. Mr E Cooper, who was a lance corporal in the Military Foot Police has been granted his discharge from the Army, for reasons of health. He was a postman in Lindfield prior to voluntarily joining up in 1914. For eighteen months he served in France. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/72 June 24, 1918) |
| Citation: | Badge No. 427621. Enlisted 21/9/1914, Discharged 20/7/1918. KR 392 (xvi) AO 265 Sec B.. Age 38 years 5 months. Served abroad. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/187 Page: 14 July 30, 1901) |
| Citation: | Clasps: Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Cape Colony, awarded as Pte, 1 Royal Sussex Regiment, No. 4905. |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/332 Page: 134 April 27, 1903) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1901, awarded as Pte, 1 Royal Sussex Regiment, No. 4905. Remarks: Sent home with details ineligible for India. |