In Memory Of
COOPER, LAWRENCE GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1894-03-05
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
107 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Former Regiment:
formerly Private #3635 South African Mounted Rifleman
Date of Death:
1918-08-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Airco DH.9 #D5556, during the opening days of the critical Battle of Amiens (the beginning of the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive)?No. 107 Squadron was flying Airco DH.9 day bombers on intense low-level bombing and reconnaissance missions against retreating German forces and supply lines. Squadron Losses: 2nd Lt. Cooper was killed in action alongside fellow 107th Squadron crew members on that exact date, including Second Lieutenant John Edmund Emtage and Second Lieutenant Joseph Wesson Jones
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of George and Catharine Magdalene (nee Kelly) Cooper, of Cala, Tembuland, South Africa. A farmer.
