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1911: West Street
Herbert Allen, head, 40, farmer, b Chatteris
Sallie, wife, 39, b Wood Hurst
Fred C, son, 12, b Chatteris
George Cooper, father, 67, farm labourer, b Pidley
Frederick Cooper, brother, 36, farm labourer, b Wood Hurst
Arthur Cooper, brother, 36, farm labourer, b Wood Hurst
George Cooper, 21, brother, farm labourer, b Wood Hurst
Ted Cooper, 20, farm labourer, b Wood Hurst
Lenard Barrett, nephew, 16, farm labourer, b Chatteris
Edmund joined the Cambridge Volunteer Battalion in 1915. He was wounded in three places on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. After stays in various hospitals he returned to Chatteris at the beginning of 1920 to be nursed by his sister until his death in May.
Cambridgeshire Times May 28th 1920 – obituary of Edmund Cooper
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