Ernest William Cooper 30 Royal Marines MIA

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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Ernest W Cooper
Name: Ernest W Cooper
Mother's Maiden Name: Wheeler
Registration Year: 1915
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Islington
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 504


UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 about Ernest William Cooper
Name: Ernest William Cooper
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1915
Death Date: 23 Apr 1945
Cemetery: Naval Memorials In The United Kingdom Chatham Part II
Burial Country: England
Father: Charles Edward Cooper
Mother: Helen Cooper
Regimental Number: CH/X 116414
Region or Memorial: Memorial Register
Other Records:



England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Ernest W Cooper
Name: Ernest W Cooper
Spouse Surname: Withers
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1933
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 606
Find Spouse: Find Spouse


England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about May E Withers
Name: May E Withers
Spouse Surname: Cooper
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1933
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 606
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Military Service 1944
abt Age: 29
England, United Kingdom
Cooper, Marine Ernest William, CH/X 116414



Ronny - On Ancestry there is a family tree where the info above was found, I can contact the tree owner if you wish - perhaps if you PM me a message ??

TD

 

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2466244/COOPER,%20ERNEST%20WILLIAM

 

Not much going on in the diary for April 1945

 

Looking at the diary, this unit (30 Commando) was in Italy in 1945 - Does CWGC have the wrong unit?

 

Ah...School Boy error. I'm looking at my Commando files rather than Royal Marine - Things were so much simpler in 1940

 

Lets start again. The unit is called 30 Assault Unit, Royal Marines

 

Well I've just looked through 18 pages of admin orders for unit moves in April and he's not listed which makes this the wrong unit too ! It must be this diary which I don't have unfortunately:

ADM 202/123 30th Battalion, Royal Marines Jan-May 1945




http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2954455

Back under my 1940 rock for me

 

Hi Ronny

On further searching Ernest may have had a brother Charles, so there is more possibilities there for you in your quest

TD

 

Hi,

I think 30 Assault Unit Royal Marines was Ian Fleming's idea?

Steve Y

 

Double post - deleted

 

Thanks Tricky Dicky!

 

I do have that WD.....so thanks anyway

 

Ha, Copied it today. I noticed Cooper is in a list on the first page as missing on the 23rd April and in the actual diary section it states 35 to 45 men missing on the 23rd April which I think may cause you some problems. Do you have the patrol reports in the back of the diary as well? I've not looked at them yet but it looks like there's one for every day of the month.

Cheers
Andy

 

Hi Andy,
I do have the WD of April 1945 but not all the appendices. On which page stands that Cooper is missing? Could you send that to me? As of today E.W.Cooper is the only marine MIA of the 30 RM. I do not have the patrol reports but would like to have them.

 

No news......

 

I have left a message for Andy he will be along soon


regards
Clive

 

Thanks Clive!

 

Here's the first page

 

You also have this guy missing on the same day from the same unit?

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2482075/JOHNSON,%20GEOFFREY%20ALBERT