152217 Captain Harold Edward HOOPER, MiD, 6 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers: 20/01/1943

Personal Number: 152217
Rank: Captain
Name: Harold Edward HOOPER, MiD
Unit: 6 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers


London Gazette: 23 September 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4227/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa.
Inniskilling Fus.
Capt. H. E. Hooper (152217). (Died of wounds.)

 

London Gazette: 23 September 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4221/data.pdf



https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4227/data.pdf

 

Casualty Details | CWGC
CAPTAIN HAROLD EDWARD HOOPER
Service Number: 152217
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Regiment & Unit/Ship: 6th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Date of Death: Died 20 January 1943
Age 33 years old
Buried or commemorated at MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: 12. B. 6.
Location: Tunisia
Additional Info: Son of Frank Percy and Lena Hooper; husband of Edith Annas Eliza Hooper, of Loughton, Essex.
Personal Inscription: HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE, FIGHTING FOR GOD, RIGHT AND LIBERTY

 

Captain Hooper died as a result of previous wounds suffered on Grandstand.